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Identifier: littlefolksinfea00mill (find matches)
Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
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t be ! Another of the Owl family is more nice in his eating. He isa little fellow, called the Sparrow Owl, and is about as big as arobin. He kills small birds, and actually picks them before eating. The big horned fellow in the picture, can be easily tamed.He will learn to know his name, and come when he is called. Ive read an interesting story of a great Owl, whose baby wascaught and shut up in a hen house. I suppose the little fellowcried, and his mother heard him, for every night she brought himsomething to eat, till he was big enough to take care of himself. Another American Owl, the Burrowing Owl, has a very badcharacter. He is about as large as a pigeon, and he likes his houseunder ground. But Im sorry to say he dont like the trouble ofdigging it, so he goes to a cozy little home, burrowed out by somequiet little prairie dog, who isnt strong enough to refuse him admit-tance. There he takes up his residence, in spite of the owner, andthere he lives with the family. m LITTLE FOLKS
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I hope he dont pay rent by eating a young prairie dog nowand then, though some people say he does. IN FEATHERS AND FUR, 87 Theres a variety of the Owl family that you country boysknow well enough, Its called the Barn Owl, or Screech Owl, andI must admit the last name is very appropriate. Many farmersand country boys have a great prejudice against this little creature,and take every occasion to kill him. But so far from being troublesome, hes the most useful servanta farmer can have, for he is a wonderful mouse-catcher. Hes always hungry himself, and to supply the wants of hisgreedy young family, both Papa and Mamma Owt1 have to hunthundreds of rats and mice. One pair of these feathered mousersis worth a dozen cats. Owls live almost all over the world. Even Greenland, thefrozen land of the north, has its snowy white Owl. This poor fellow has a very thick coat of feathers and down, tokeep him warm, and his white color allows him to travel over thesnow unseen, and to catch his food, what

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