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one side into the northern parts of the United States; and, 

 on the other, they occasionally appear in Germany, and more 

 rarely in Frane«. At Hudson's Bay they are observed bj 

 day flying high, and preying on the white grouse and othei 

 birds, sometimes even attending the hunter like a falcon, 

 and boldly taking up the wounded game as it flutters on the 

 ground. They are also said to feed on mice and insects, 

 and (according to Meyer) they nest upon trees, laying two 

 white eggs. They are said to be constant attendants on the 

 ptarmigans in their spring migrations towards the north ; 

 and are observed to hover round the camp-fires of the na- 

 tives, in quest probably of any offal or rejected game. 



GREAT HORNED OV^L.— (Bubo Vlrginiana.) 



This noted and formidable Owl is found in almost every 

 quarter of the United States. His favourite residence, how- 

 ever, is in the dark solitudes of deep swamps, covered with 

 a growth of gigantic timber ; and here, as soon as evening 

 draws on, and mankind retire to rest, he sends forth such 

 sounds as seem scarcely to belong to this world, startling 

 the solitary pilgrim as he slumbers by his forest fire, 



Making uight hideous. 



Along the mountainous shores of the Ohio, and amidst th« 



