GREAT HORNED OWL. 
CAT OWL. 
Buso VIRGINIANUS. 
CHAR. Plumage very variable, of mottled black, light and dark 
brown, buff, and tawny. A white band on the throat, and a white stripe 
down the breast,—the latter sometimes obscure. Ear-tufts large and 
conspicuous; legs and toes feathered. Length 1S to 25 inches. 
Nest. Sometimes within a hollow tree, but usually on an upper limb. 
A deserted nest of Crow or Hawk is often used, and then it is a clumsy, 
bulky affair of sticks, lined with feathers. 
Eggs. 2-3; white and nearly spherical ; 2.20 X 1.80. 
This species, so nearly related to the Great Eared Owl of 
Europe, is met with occasionally from Hudson’s Bay to 
