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Grey or 
Mottled 
Owl. 
Cob-a-dee- 
¢ooch. 
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even on the barren ground, far remote from any 
woods ; and in thofe fituations perch on high q 
rocks and ftones, and watch for their prey. 
The {pecies of Grey or MottLep Own are by 
no means fo numerous as the former, are fome- 
thing inferior in fize, and always frequent the 
woods. ‘They never go in fearch of their prey in 
the day-time, but perch on the tops of lofty pines, 
and are eafily approached and fhot. Their food 
is generally known to be mice and {mall birds, 
yet their fefh is delicately ‘white, and nearly as . 
good as a barn-door fowl; of courfe it is much 
efteemed both by the Englifh and Indians. ‘This 
fpecies of Owl is called by the Southern Indians 
Ho-ho, and the former Wap.-a-kee-thow. 
Befides thofe two {pecies of Owls, there is ano- 
ther that remains in Hudfon’s Bay all the year, - 
and is called by the Indians CoB-a-pEE-coocH. 
It is fo far inferior in fize to the two former, 
that it feldom weighs half a pound ; is of a mot- | 
tled brown, the feathers long, and of a moft de- 
licate foft and filky quality. In general this f{pe- 
cies feed on mice, and birds they find dead; and 
are fo impudent at times, that they light ona pare. 
tridge when killed by the hunter, but not being 
able to carry it off, are often obliged to relinquifh 
the prize. Like the White Owl, at times though 
but feldom, they follow the report of a gun, and 
by fo frequently fkimming round the fportfmen, 
frighten the game nearly as much as the hawk, 
They feldom go far from the woods, build in trees, 
and 
