OWL; 4T 



are two in number, of a dull white. The bird is called by the 

 natives Natowokey Omijfew *. 



The Owl was accounted a bird of ill omen by the Egyptians and 

 Romans, and is held to this day in fuperftitious fear by the Ameri- 

 can favages. By the Athenians it was held facred j and, from 

 its appearance of gravity, fuppofed emblematic of wifdom, and in 

 courfe dedicated to the goddefs Minerva. Particular veneration 

 was obferved to be paid to it in Oneeheow by our circumnavi- 

 gators t ; and the fame thing was alfo mentioned by Dampier, in 

 refpeft to the natives of the weft fide of New Holland. The 

 Owl is called by the inhabitants of the Friendly JJles, Looloo %. 



Ceylonefe Owl, Gen, Syn. i. p. 1 20. N" 4. , CEYLONESE 



1 T is obferved by Mr. Mar/den, that feveral Owls are found in 

 Sumatra ||, and in particular the great horned one ; by which he 

 moft probably means this fpecies. 



An Owl, the fize of a Hen, is alfo faid to be common to India ; 

 of a grey colour, with the end of each feather marked with con- 

 centric circles of pearly grey of different ftiades. This laft is faid 

 to be net Ihy, and is fometimes itcn flying in the day time §. 



* Hutchins. f Cook's LaJiVoy.yoi.n.'^.zxtj. J Id. Append, 



tl Hiji. Sumatr. p. 98. 



§ Ef. Phil. p. 61.— Whether this is the fame, or a different fpecies, cannot be 

 determined, as no horns are mentioned. 



SuPPt, G Long- 



