. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. â jui. i:.ii,: i: (jirz. 3oa iittack it in open day. The Eagle Owl gcnei-ally lnvaks the spine of the smaller animals close to the head, and, cracking the remaining bones, devours its prey, skin and all; the heads of the larger birds it pnlls ill large pieces which it swallows. It, however, always devours a portion of the hair, feathers, or scales as well, and wastes away if fed on flesh alone. The indigestible portions of the meal are thrown up in large round pellets or 'casts.' With larger animals, it lays open the skin of the belly, ' a
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. â jui. i:.ii,: i: (jirz. 3oa iittack it in open day. The Eagle Owl gcnei-ally lnvaks the spine of the smaller animals close to the head, and, cracking the remaining bones, devours its prey, skin and all; the heads of the larger birds it pnlls ill large pieces which it swallows. It, however, always devours a portion of the hair, feathers, or scales as well, and wastes away if fed on flesh alone. The indigestible portions of the meal are thrown up in large round pellets or 'casts.' With larger animals, it lays open the skin of the belly, ' and eats out the flesh from inside. If it fluds that there is too much for one meal, it carefully replaces the skin, and hides the remainder in some dark cranny or corner until reciuircd again. This Owl ^' '^^ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. London [etc] Cassell & Company, Limited
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