

GREAT HORNED OWL. 



CAT OWL. 



Bubo 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 i8 to 25 inches. 



JVes/. 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 ; 4.20 X 1.80. 



This species, so nearly related to the Great Eared Owl of 

 Europe, is met with occasionally from Hudson's Bay to 



