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Silence and repose. That their true character, how- 
**’■ should not he concealed from those weaker animals 
On 
L vney leeu, utraveii huiiuis uccnt, anu. 
j/Pocrisy,) He has stamped their countenance with 
jjj.oiig traits of their murderer the cut; and birds in 
Oien *^®®Pnct are, perhaps, better physiognomists than 
before ns is chiefly a native of the 
i^|/*nern regions, arriving here, with several others, 
'>t the commencement of cold weather ; fre((ueuting 
(I ** 'Jplands and mountainous districts, in preference to 
(un* 11 ports ol Ihe country; and feeding on mice, 
to * . l*'rds, beetles, and (Tickets. It is rat her a scarce 
(*j.^rtes i„ Pennsvlvania ; flics usually in the early part 
®'sht and morning; and is sometimes observed sitting 
fi ftmees during day, when it is easily caught; its 
at that time being very imperfe(d. 
.*he bii -,1 lA-liieli f am about to describe. 
th ' which 1 lun about to describe, was taken in 
it ‘situation, and presented to me by a friend. I kept 
the nmm beside me for some time, during which 
Py ■V'^ual position was such as I have given it 
ape were either half shut, or slowly and alternately 
'"og and shutting, as if suffering from the glare of 
aph sooner was the sun set, than its whole 
^ ^ Its 
I. Is were either half shut, or slowly and alternal 
' '"og and shutting, as if suffering from the glare of 
#>, - out no sooner was the sun set, than its whole 
gl^^'*''ance became lively and animated ; its full and 
la,^, eyes shone like those of a cat ; and it often 
pj|,.®*’®d its head, in the manner of a cock when pre- 
to tight, moving it from side to si(h‘, and also 
ijl i^^lly, ius if reconnoitring you with great sharpness, 
pk , 7*''g through the room, it shifted from place to 
the *■' the silence of a spirit, (if I may be allotved 
Expression,) the plumage of its wings being so 
Vij^E^^'^ly tiue and soft as to occasion litth? or no ti iction 
tij P the air, a wise |)rovisioii of nature, bestowed on 
t * tyholc genus, to enable them, without giving alarm, 
the P'E their jwey in the night. For an hour or two in 
fir,. ?''®“hig, and about break of duj', it flew about with 
Elllv 
•aiv* “.E^rtlty. When angry, it .snapped its hill repeat- 
P^io’ "•'*■** ''iolence, and so loud as to he heard in the 
V *PP’S room, swelling out its eyes to their full dinien- 
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