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F. HARLANI. S. NEBULOSA. 
9. FALCO HARLANI, BLACK WARRIOR. 
AUDUBON, PLATE LXXXVI. MALE AND FEMALE. 
This is also a new species, allied to the cornu 10 " 
buzzard, and named in honour of a promising youi'r 
American naturalist. 
genus in. — STnrx. 
10. STRIX NEBULOSA BARRED OWL. 
AUDUBON, PLATE XLVI. MALE. 
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We cannot resist the temptation of gratifying ° lir 
readers with Audubon’s account of this bird: — 
“ Should you, kind reader, find it convenient or agr® 6 " 
able to visit the noble forests existing in the lo"' e C 
parts of the State of Louisiana, about the middle 0 
October, when nature, on the eve of preparing l " 1 
approaching night, permits useful dews to fall and r<‘ f 
on every plant, with the view of reviving its leaves, d® 
fruits, or its lingering blossoms, ere the return of mor" ’ 
when every night insect rises on buzzing wings ft ' 0 " 1 
the ground, and the fire-ily, amidst thousands of oth®^ 
species, appears as if purposely to guide their motion 3 
through the sombre atmosphere ; at the moment whe" 
numerous reptiles and quadrupeds commence tb e,r 
nocturnal pron-lings, and the fair moon, empress of 
night, rises peacefully on the distant horizon, shooting 
her silvery rays over the heavens and the earth, aum 
like a watchful guardian, moving slowly and majesti' 
cally along; when the husbandman, just returned t® 
his home, after the labours of the day, is receiving tn e 
cheering gratulations of his family, and the wholesoi« e 
repast is about to be spread out for master and servant 
alike: — it is at this moment, kind reader, that we * -6 
you, as I have said, to visit that happy country, y oU " 
ear would suddenly be struck by the discordant scream 
of the barred owl. Its whah-whah-whah-whah-a 
