302 OWL. 



We do not find that the Owl has been so far domesticated as to 

 be used in fiilconiy, but serves, equally well as others of the tribe, for 

 a stale, by which fowlers entice small birds into a net. 



Among the drawings of Sir John Anstruther is an Owl, with 

 every appearance of the European one, bat seems more mottled with 

 rufous and black. The bill black ; the two outer tail feathers not 

 clouded, but plain rufous, crossed with three or four bars of black ; 

 The bill black ; the ears seem shorter and more streaked with black, 

 and the feathers of the neck all round have a streak of black down 

 the middle ; the under parts of the body much the same as the 

 upper. 



Inhabits Bengal. 



The Owl was accounted a bird of ill omen by the Egyptians 

 and Romans, and is held to this day in superstitious fear by the 

 American savages. By the Athenians esteemed sacred, and, from 

 its gravity, emblematic of wisdom, was dedicated to the goddess 

 Minerva. Particular veneration was observed to be paid to it in 

 Oneeheow^'-, as also by the natives of the west side of New-Holland. 

 The Owl is called, at the Friendly Isles, Looloo. f 



A. — Bubo Atbeniensis, Iaji. St/st. i. 131. j3. Gm. Lin. i. 2SG. 



Bubo Italicus, Bris. i. 482. A. Id. Sto. 140. Borowsk. ii. p. 77. 



— — sive vulgaris, Gerin. i. t. 82, S3f 



' secnndus, Will. p. 63. 



Black-winged Horn-Owl, Albin. iii. pL G. 



Athenian Horn-Owl, Geit. Spi. u p. 118. Edw. pi. 227. Shaw's Zool. vii. pi. 29. 



This is described as darker in colour throughout, especially the 

 wings ; the legs are shorter, and less strong ; claws large and 

 .sharp. 



Mr. Edwards says, that the face is whitish grey, and the colour 

 of the whole bird brown, variegated with black ; height, as it sits on 

 the perch, 17 inches. 



* Cook's last Vov. ii. 219. 

 f Id. append. 



