of the sexes ; the female rather exceeds in size. Bill strong" 
and hooked ; ejes bright gold colour ; head furnished with 
two tufts of feathers, situated just above the eyes these 
feathers when erected are more than two inches lonar; 
legs strong and thickly covered with a fine soft down, which 
extends quite to the toes ; claws strong and much hooked. 
The only place in this country where this species is 
known constantly to reside, is in the vicinity of Arundel 
Castle, Sussex, to which place they were probably im- 
ported, and having escaped, have taken up their abode 
near the Castle, where they have bred for many years 
past, but are still rare ; they have been occasionally seen 
in various parts of England and Scotland. It inhabits rocky 
precipices and mountainous situations, and forms its nest \n 
the caverns of rocks ; the nest is composed of a large 
quantity of sticks, and is lined with fibrous roots and grass ; 
the eggs are said to be only two, white, of the size of the 
common hen. 
Where the species is abundant, particularly in the North 
of Europe, it commits great havoc among feathered game, 
hares, rabbits, and poultry; in the Orkneys, where it is 
often met with, it is very destructive to rabbits and red 
gTOUS. 
Our figure was executed from a very fine old bird, at 
Arundel Castle, in the autumn of 1814, by permission of its 
venerable owner, the late Duke of Norfolk. 
* The species of Owl which possess tufts of feathers growing from th« head, 
as in this species are designated Eared or Horned Owls, in contradistinction to 
those which are destitute of these feathers. 
