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The Roller-like Birds 



FIG. 162. Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus. 



usually shown by birds of prey kept in confinement that it is with the greatest 

 difficulty that it can be tamed even when taken young from the nest. It is mo- 

 rose and sullen, lacks affection for its keepers, and will often fly viciously at any 

 one who attempts to handle it or enter the apartment in which it is confined." 

 While it is mainly nocturnal in its habits it can see well in daylight, and may 

 often be seen flying on dark cloudy days, and during the nesting season prob- 

 ably hunts day or night indifferently. It is the most powerful and voracious of 



