GEEAT nOKNED OWL. 
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Jiature ; nor more forcibly leads our reflections to 
first, great, self-existent Cause of all, to whom our 
®'J®rential awe is then humbly devoted, and not to any 
‘ fiis dependant creatures. "VVith all the gloomy habits 
ungracious tones of the owl, there is nothing in 
Jls l)ir([ supernatural or mysterious, or more than that 
p, simple bird of prey, formed for feeding by night, 
many other animals, and of reposing by day. The 
“'^fsbness of its voice, occasioned by the width and 
^l>ac,ity ^Jf its throat, may bo intended by Heaven as 
^Urm and wariiiii^ to the birds and animals on whicli 
to secure themselves from danger. The voices 
< carnivorous birds and animals are also observed 
“.^6 harsh i 
ill 
J'lth 
l«th, 
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..ai su and hideons, probably for this very purpose. 
great horned owl is not migratory, but remains 
us the whole year. During the day he slumbers 
j fie thick evergreens of deep swamps, or seeks shelter 
'arge hollow "trees. He is very rarely seen abroad 
of and never but when disturbed. In ihe month 
May they usually begin to build. The nest is 
J^aeralljr placed in the fork of a tall tree, and is con- 
of sticks piled in considerable quantities, lined 
ch " '’’■y leaves and a few feathers. Sometimes they 
-.j icavfo mil. •» .. .. ..........o. Sometimes they 
a hollow tree; and in that case carry in but few 
al ,r*'’als. The female lays four eggs, nearly as large 
^fiose of a hen, almost globular, and of a pure white. 
1 __A._ Ibo^l 4Ub«<'n IVPrP 
j -‘use 01 a iien, almost j^iomuar, ann ui a puiu v>uilc. 
ffli**'"’ these nests, after the young had flown, were 
0| V'fi the heads and hones of two chickens, the legs 
of fiead of the golden-winged woodpecker, and part 
Co • ® "'lugs and feathers of several other birds. It is 
lectured that they hatch hut once in (he season, 
in L*® lenu'th of the male of this species is twenty 
tl, fi'^S; the bill is large, black, and strong, covered at 
L* fiase with a cere; the eyes, goldmi yelloiv; the 
arc three inches in ieiigth, and very broad, 
|T“®>sting of twelve or fourteen fcathei-s, their w’ehs 
broadly ed-ed with bright tawny; face, rusty, 
w ’‘"ded on each side by a baud of black ; space between 
Oj® ®yes and hill, whitish ; whole lower parts elegantly 
acked with numerous transverse bars of dusky on a 
