. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 30 AMERICAN Photo by N. W. Swayne. EGGS AND YOUNG OF BARN OWL. The Barn Owl lays one egg every clay or oftener every two days, so that a period of perhaps two weeks elapses between the laying of the first and the last. As she commences to incubate as soon as the first egg is laid, they hatch at different periods and the young show great variations in size. beheld one of the finest specimens of bird architecture that it was ever my good fortune to see. Perhaps the Larks thought by conceaHng this nest well, they would avoid a repetition
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 30 AMERICAN Photo by N. W. Swayne. EGGS AND YOUNG OF BARN OWL. The Barn Owl lays one egg every clay or oftener every two days, so that a period of perhaps two weeks elapses between the laying of the first and the last. As she commences to incubate as soon as the first egg is laid, they hatch at different periods and the young show great variations in size. beheld one of the finest specimens of bird architecture that it was ever my good fortune to see. Perhaps the Larks thought by conceaHng this nest well, they would avoid a repetition of the sad accident that happened to the first, anyhow this one was very carefully hidden and it would have been almost impossible for me to have found it if I hadn't had the builder to aid me. It was a veritable little bower extending back ten or twelve inches under the grass with only one doorway. At the back end there reposed five handsome pinkish white eggs freely speckled with reddish brown. On June 18th, when I looked in the nest it contained four little birds and one egg. I didn't happen to be in this vicinity again till in July. As I neared the nest two half grown Meadow Larks flew awkwardly out of my path. I found the little bower in the first stages of decay. It still sheltered one soiled egg. Edgar 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 Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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