xxiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Great Horned Owl. '' Stared off in such an interested and spirited 



attitude" 313 

 View of the Great Horned Owl on her nest 317 

 Great Horned Owl. " When it was about two months old " 319 

 Nest and eggs of the Great Horned Owl 322 

 Great Horned Owl. "The young were safely hatched " 323 

 Great Horned Owl. "As she returned to her young" 325 

 Great Horned Owl. " Her body crouched down into the nest" 327 

 Great Horned Owl. " Stooping over to caress her owlet "' 331 

 Great Horned Owl. " Squatting in the leaves " 333 

 Great Horned Owl. '• There sat the brooding owl, her head show- 

 ing above the nest " 33^ 



