DISTORT OF CALIFORNIA. 



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VIRGINIAN HORNED OWL. 



crie3 so "well described hj Wilson, it moves its body, 

 and particularly its head^ in various grotesque ways, 

 and at intervals violently snaps its bill. Its food 

 consists of various gallinaceous birds, half-grown tur- 

 keys, domestic poultr}^ of all kinds, ducks, grouse, 

 hares, opossums, and squirrels; and ^vhencvor chance 

 thi-ows a dead fish on the shore, this bird feeds on it 



