SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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SCREECH OWL 
The Screech Owl feeds largely upon mice and other destructive rodents 
Range : Eastern North America 
and second, on account of the beauty of their plumage. 
Among the birds that have especially beautiful songs 
are the Thrushes, which include the Robin and the Blue- 
bird, the finest singer in this family probably being the 
Hermit Thrush. In the Southern States there is no more 
popular singer among the birds than the Mockingbird. 
But it should be remembered that a bird's song cannot 
be separated from the associations which it calls up in 
one's memory. So that the performance of an ordinary 
