LECTURE V. 159 



mon in many parts of Europe, and has teen 

 sometimes found in England. In North Ame* 

 rica is a species much alUed to it, but differing 

 m having the under parts ash-coloured and marked 

 by very numerous transverse brown lines or bars. 

 The common Brown Owl, and the common Barn. 

 Owl must be supposed to be known to every one. 

 Owls in general are calculated for seeing to the 

 greatest advantage in a sober light, for which 

 reason they shun the glare of day, and pur- 

 sue their prey by night 5 and, as an eminent 

 writer somewhat oddly expresses himself, they 

 see ill because they see too well ; their eyes 

 being sensible to the smallest or weakest im- 

 pressions of light. Yet some species have been 

 observed to prey, like Hawks, during the day- 

 time J and it is remarkable that such species 

 are in some degree allied to Hawks in shape ; 

 having a slender or lengthened body and a 

 longer tail than the rest of their tribe. The 

 bird called the Caparacoch or Hawk-Owl of 

 North America is of this kind, and is well 

 figured in the ornithological work of Edwards, 

 Some of this genus are remarkable for their smal} 

 size ; as a Siberian species, called by Dr. Palla:? 



