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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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A IIIGIIWAYilAN OF THE 



NIGHT AIR LOOKS DOWN ON AN ARCTIC HENCHMAN 



Oiie of the fiercest and most powerful of thirds, the great horned owl, perched on a tree stump, 

 has been called the " tiger of the air," so savage and fearless are its methods. Like the jungle beast, 

 it strikes unheard, its talons dealing death to birds and mammals. Another form is the arctic 

 horned owl, shown with daggcrlikc claws deep in the fur of a snowshoe rabbit, whose peculiar 

 track is seen in the snow at the right. The great horned is a bird of eastern, the arctic horned 

 owl of western. North America. 



