GREAT HORNED OWL. 
k can raise, or let fall almost fiat: thcv arc 
brown on their upper sides, and black be- 
neath ; which blackness falls immediatelv above 
tiie eves, and a du^kv line is carried round 
them, as if nature had therebv designed to 
heighten their brilliant histrr. The whole 
bird is covered with brown feathers, varie- 
?^ated with black: the brov>n is lic;h:er on th.e 
breast and bellv, than on the back, and dies 
away into a faint ash-colour^ or white, on the 
lower part ot the bellv. The large spots on 
the head, back, and wings, are some ot theni 
transverse, others drawn downwards in a 
broken contused manner: those on the breast 
and belly are, down the m.iddle of the feathers, 
broader above, and growing graduallv narrow 
below\ Besides these larger spots, thev are all 
marked with very minute transvcrseduskv lines. 
The insides of the quills, and the underside ot 
the tail, are ash-colour, with the transverse 
bars fainter than on the outer sides. The 
lerrs and feet are made as in other Owls ; and 
covered, to the ends o\ the toes, with whid>h 
soft downv feathers." 
