August 23, 1786

Posted by sydney on Aug 23rd, 1786

We kept a young fern-owl for several days in a cage, & fed it with bread, & milk.  It was moping, & mute by day; but, being a night bird, began to be alert as soon as it was dusk. *Sent it back to the brakes among which it was first found.

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