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OWLS. 
a nest containing only two unfledged young ones, 
the remains of a grouse and two plovers were found, 
besides the feet of several others. 
During their visits to this country, they are 
usually to be met with upon wild heaths and com- 
mons, concealed in rushy places or long grass : a 
pair, and sometimes more, possibly the brood of the 
preceding spring, are usually found frequenting the 
same haunts. When first disturbed, they seldom 
fly far, hut either hover over the dog, if there be 
one, or alight, and raising their two odd feathery 
horns (from whence they are called Eared Owls), 
they fix their large round eyes intently at the object 
of their alarm. As a specimen of these Eared Owls, 
we insert a figure representing the head of the 
largest of the family, the Long-eared Owl. 
EYE AND BELL OF THE OWL. HEAD OF THE LONG-EARED OWL. 
Their note is a singular snapping noise, not 
issuing from the throat, hut occasioned entirely by 
a smart clicking of the hill ; so rapid, indeed, is this 
motion, that it is with difficulty the opening or 
shutting of the mandibles can he observed. As it is 
a bird of courage, the sportsman must be cautious 
how he attempts to handle it, for it has been known 
