GREAT HORNED OWL. 
errand, and very famous noflurnal 
bird, the Bubo Atheniensis of Linnasus, is by- 
some naturalists called the Athenian Horned 
Owl; and, by others, tlie Great Eared Owl; 
*' At first sightj" says BufFon, " it appears as 
large and strong as the common eagle; but it 
is really much smaller, and it's proportions are 
quite different. The legs, the body, and the 
tail, are shorter than in the eagle ; the head is 
is much larger ; and the wings, which are not 
so broad, expand only five feet. It is easily 
distinguished by it's coarse figure, it's enor- 
mous head, the broad and deep cavities of it's 
ears, and the two tufts which rise more tliaii 
two inclies and a half on it's crown. If 
utters the hideous cry of *' Hilioo, Ilohoo^ 
Boohoo, Poohoo!" with which it interrupts 
the silence of the night, when other animaU 
enjoy the sweets of repose. It awakens them 
to danger, disturbs them in their retreat, pur» 
sues them, seizes them, or tears them to pieces, 
and transports the fragiuents to the caverns 
