female agrees with the other sex, but exceeds it con^ 
siderably in size ; the male is twelve inches and a half in 
length, and twenty-four in breadth ; the female is fourteen 
inches and a half long, and forty inches from tip to tip of 
the wings. 
Bill short, hooked, nearly hid by the setaceous feathers 
surrounding the face; irides bright golden yellow; ear 
feathers six ; legs and feet feathered to the claws. 
The Long-Eared Owl generally frequents woody 
situations, particularly plantations of fir and evergreens, 
and feeds on mice, small birds, and reptiles ; it but rarely 
appears in the day time, but in the dusk of the evening may 
be seen taking its silent flight along hedge rows and the 
borders of woods. 
They are said to build in hollow trees, and to lay two or 
three white eggs. The species is common to the Northern 
parts of Europe and America. 
