GREAT HORNED OWL. 
the second, which resembles It exa6tly In the 
deepness of it's colour, is distinguished by it's 
legs and feet, which arc but slightly , shaded 
with feathers. 
What BufFon has above called tiie Black- 
Winged Great-Eared Owl, is our Great 
Horned Owl represented in the annexed print ; 
and is thus described by Edwards, who made 
Lis original drawing from the living bird. 
On placing," savs he, " a ruler upright 
on ii's perch near it, as it sat in the posture 
here figured, I found it's height to be above 
seventeen inches ; by which the reader may 
conclude how much the bird exceeds the 
print in size. The bill is pretty much hooked, 
and it's base partly covered with small greyish 
feathers like hair, standing forwards. The 
bill, and talons, arc of a dusky or blackish 
horn-colour. The eyes are, as in all the spe- 
cies of Horned Owls I have seen, of a fine 
golden colour, with black pupils. The face is 
flattish, as in the whole genus of Owls ; of a 
whitish grey colour, terminated all round by 
lines and s-[)ots of dusky or black. The horn;", 
or ears, are composed of feathers only ; which 
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