DESCRIPTIVE LIST 



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The male is smaller than the female, and is occasionally killed and eaten by her. 



The Great Horned Owl nests in hollow trees, or, as is often the case, in the old 

 nest of hawks or eagles. The eggs are two or three in number, pure white, and in 

 this State are usually laid in February. Size 2.25 x 1.90. On January 21, 1899, 



FIG. 141. GREAT HORNED OWL. 



Pearson secured from a gunner at Chapel Hill a freshly killed female Great Horned 

 Owl which, upon examination, was found to contain two well-developed, ovarian 

 eggs. 



Because of its large yellow eyes and conspicuous ear-tufts, it is sometimes known 

 as the "Cat Owl." 



