LECTURE V. ir,!> 



mon in ninny parts of Europe, nnd has been 

 times found in Kir, land. In North Aim- 

 I much allied to it, l)iit differing 

 in li;i\ iuu r tin- under parts ash-e 



e brown lines or bars. 



'I'll.-- < onnnon IJnm n Owl, and the common Hani 



mu>t he M;pp<>-ed to he known to everyone. 



()v\l> in general are calculated lor seeing to the 



.u'-eatesl ad\antage in a sober light, for which 



reason tlioy shun the glare of day, and pur- 



Mu their prey by night; and, as an eminent 



writer somewhat oddly expresses himself, they 



see ill because they see too well ; their 



beiii sensible to the smallest or weakest im- 



-ions of light. Yet some speeies have been 



rved to prey, like Ilauks, dnrinp: the d;;y- 



tinu ; and it is remarkable that such species 



are in some degree allied to Hawks in shape; 



having a slender or lengthened body and i 



:r tail than the rest of their tribe. The 



bird called the Caparacoch or Hawk-Owl of 



North Aim riea is of this kind, and is well 



figured in the ornithological work of Kdwards. 



Some of thi> ijrnus are remarkable for their small 



; as a Siberian species, called by Dr. Pailus 



