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their prey in the twilight of the evening and in 
‘the morning. saiaios fis | 
In the middle of the day they are quite over~ 
powered with the light. The little birds do not. 
like the ow], becaufe in the evening he flies after 
them, and would kill and eat them if he could.| 
When they difcover the place where he is in the 
day, they get together in great numbers, and fly 
about him and teize him; for they are not afraid, 
‘ef him then, when he is fleepy, and cannot bear the 
-glare of the light. _ Boat | rl 
‘There are two divifions of Owls; one is called’ 
the Eared or Horned Owls ; becaufe they have 
feathers on each fide of their head, which ftand 
up like ears. Ee aoa”? a4 
The other divifion is. called the Owls with 
fmooth heads : ut they have both large circles of 
feathers, which grow round the eyes. | 
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Owls eat frogs, and mice, and lizards, and 
moles, which they fkin with great fkill, “They 
f{ometimes eat young pigeons and little birds 5 but 
th ugh they fwallow, they cannot digeft the fea- 
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‘thers, which remain a little time in their fto- 
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machs, and collect there in the form of balls. 
From time to time they throw up thefe little 
round balls, and a great number of them are 
found in the hollow trees, where they rooit. 
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