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This species frequents large woods and 
wooded tracts, where it can easily conceal 
itself during the day. Its principal food is 
Mice, and sometimes small birds taken at 
roost. It is never seen to fly during the day 
unless disturbed. 
It is said to be far from uncommon in 
France, and many other parts of Europe, as 
far as the Northern parts of Russia. It is 
also found in some parts of America, and is 
common at Hudson's Bay, where it has been 
observed preying by night with much cla~ 
,mour, and often approaching the dwellings 
of the inhabitants. 
