OWL. 117 



bird likewife feeds it's young with Bats, Snakes, Lizards, Toads, 

 and Frogs *. 



Aldrovandus fays that it provides well for it's young, and fo 

 plentifully, that a perfon living in the neighbourhood of the neit 

 of one of thefe, may be fupplied therefrom with fome dainties, and 

 yet leave enough to fatisfy the young birds. 



This is not very common in France, nor is it certain that it 

 ftays there the whole year. Not more than two eggs have been 

 found in the neft •, the colour of them not unlike that of the bird 

 itfelf : in fize fomewhat bigger than an Hen's egg. — The Italians, 

 according to Olina, fometimes train it up for the ufes of falconry. 



It has been fhot in Scotland, and in Torkjhire, and, if a friend 

 of mine does not deceive me, has once been feen in Kent, perched 

 upon a gate, near to a large wood, in the fpring 1770. 



* It is faid that neither Owls, nor other birds of prey, have been obferved 

 to drink ; infomuch that many, who have kept them, did not furnifh them 

 with water, on the fuppofition of their not wanting it. M. de Buffon has 

 watched one of the Falcon tribe, which would by no means be tempted to drink 

 while any one was in fight ; but as foon as the perfon, who was fet to watch 

 it, difappeared, the bird, after looking round to fee all was fafe, plunged it's 

 head into the water, as far as the eyes, and took feveral gulps. Hiji. des Oif. i. 

 p. 127. 



The reverfe of this was the cafe in my Carrion Vulture, for I have feen this 

 dip it's bill into the water to fill the mouth, after which it held up the head to 

 fwallow it, j uft in the manner of our domeflic poultry. 



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