GREAT HORNED OWL. 
The Great Horned or Eagle Owl is but 
little inferior in size to the Golden Eagle ; 
and is very destructive to young fawns, 
hares, rabbits, rats, moles, reptiles, par- 
tridges, grouse, and other game. It is 
found in the mountainous parts of Central 
Europe, and in almost every quarter of the 
United States; frequenting deep forest 
glens, and making its nest in the fissures 
of rocks, ruined Castles and, &c. ; but in 
Britain it has been rarely seen. “ Along 
the mountainous shores of the Ohio, and 
amidst the forests of Indiana,”says Wilson, 
“ this ghostly watchman has frequently 
