CHAPTER V. 



OWLS. 



OWLS were classed by Cuvier with eagles, hawks 

 and vul- 

 tures, and 

 J e r d o n 

 fol lowed 

 him, as all 

 the old na- 

 turalists 

 did. More 

 careful ex- 

 amination 

 of their 

 anato m y 

 has shown 

 that they 

 difTerwide- 

 ly from 

 all other 

 birds of 

 prey in 

 many re- 

 spects, and 

 resemble 



parrots ; so they are now placed by most in an order 

 by themselves, mid-way between the hawks and 



