375. Bubo virginianus 
GREAT HORNED OWL. 22inches 
Adult. Above yellowish, mottled with black. Below, throat 
white; breast and belly yellowish, barred and mottled with black; 
facial disk yellowish ; ear-tufts conspicuous; feet and legs feathered. 
Savage birds, living in wild swamps and woodlands; they feed on 
poultry, birds, mammals and insects. Also called Cat Ow/. 
Note. “Usually a mellow three syllabled hoot, like the baying of 
a distant hound.” 
Nest. Often an old hawk’s, generally a Red-tailed, sometimes in 
hollow tree, rarely among rocks on the ground, 
Breeds. A permanent resident. 
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