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E. HARLANI. S. NEBULOSA* 
9 . FALCO HARLANI. — BLACK WARRIOR. 
AUDUBON, PLATE LXXXVI. MALE AND FEMALE. 
This is also a new species, allied to tlie common 
buzzard, and named in honour of a promising young 
American naturalist. 
GENUS lll.—STRIX. 
10 . STRIX NERULOSA . BARRED OWL. 
AUDUBON, PLATE XLVI. MALE. 
We cannot resist the temptation of gratifying our 
readers with Audubon’s account of this bird : — 
“ Should you, kind reader, find it convenient or agree- 
able to visit the noble forests existing in the lower 
parts of the State of Louisiana, about the middle of 
October, when nature, on the eve of preparing for 
approaching night, permits useful dews to fall and rest 
on every plant, with the view of reviving its leaves, its 
fruits, or its lingering blossoms, ere the return of morn ; 
when every night insect rises on buzzing wings from 
the ground, and the fire-fly, amidst thousands of other 
species, appears as if purposely to guide their motions 
through the sombre atmosphere ; at the moment when 
numerous reptiles and quadrupeds commence their 
nocturnal prowlings, and the fair moon, empress of the 
night, rises peacefully on the distant horizon, shooting 
her silvery rays over the heavens and the earth, and, 
like a watchful guardian, moving slowly and majesti- 
cally along; when the husbandman, just returned to 
his home, after the labours of the day, is receiving the 
cheering gratulations of his family, and the wholesome 
repast is about to be spread out for master and servants 
alike: — it is at this moment, kind reader, that were 
you, as I have said, to visit that happy country, your 
ear would suddenly be struck by the discordant screams 
of the barred owl. Its ivh afi^wh ah-iuh ah- wh ah- a 
