burrowing owl. 
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thifJr? s pot for the place of his abode. However 
tunitv'Iw , , acc 1 ttnte( l for, it at least affords an oppor- 
allows v b ® holdl ?" the approach of his enemies, and 
seturih i °i St T k ’ within the bosom of the earth, that 
command" 1101 116 laS ne ' tber strength nor arms to 
is seen^m leS - e pr , abi , e do §' villages, the borrowing owl 
scatters, l Ul ® ''jaskly about, or else in small flocks 
lie i n L 1 ..,|. ilmo , n S' the mounds, and, at a distance, it may 
They nvn,;r t l , e . Iual 'mot itself, when sitting erect. 
t° be anmv 6 a* b ! d 'I* F bimidity, and allow themselves 
alarmed L» C ed sufficiently close for shooting ; but, if 
agaiu it '? ° r . a ll °‘ ‘hem soar away, and settle down 
flight Is bailee; if farther disturbed, their 
they deseciul" 1 '" i < m , l<d ‘hey are uo longer in view, or 
^fficnlt to dislodge dwulli "S 8 > whence they are 
to desoeml 11 ,"" ' Ut ? which these owls have been seen 
are most tbe *’ ams the river Platte, where they 
marmot u .l, " u ' rc !' ls > were evidently excavated by the 
Wert e ’ t! I e, “ Ce lt has heen by Say, that they 
though unfriendly residents of 
°ccupant of a * at, .° U ’ ° r U,at war owl was the sole 
The evidence of'tv aw l u,reJ hy the right of conquest, 
ruinous condi'ti twi W ? s clearly presented by the 
Which wm t'!' °\t he bur ?°ws tenanted by the owl, 
Celled by the '! U( uitly caved in, and their sides clian- 
dansion of thermo’ while the neat and well preserved 
skiifui ami ssjsr* shewed the of a 
that the owl and ni* °' vilf 7‘ have no evidence 
hnrrow, yTwe areTeT 1 hl “y to one 
tb at a common danger often d”™* V and othcrs > 
excavation, where ILardHferV 10 f he T° 
for concealment and safety. raUles “akes also enter 
itself a°ln/ obsel ' ved p Vieillot in St Domingo digs 
Which it s ° W two feet in depth, at the bottom of 
stalks anddlfe/™ dep0 ™ ed on a bed of moss, herb 
Of a very nnr Tv®' '1®° ®F gS are two in number, 
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