Long-eared. 
for more than a minute or two at a time. It sat rather 
erect when perched, but in an easy attitude. Frequently it 
stretched, out its neck. and. bent its gaze intently earth¬ 
ward, while ofice it bobbed not only its head, but its body, 
also, up and down quite violently three or four times in 
rapid succession. During most of the time its head looked 
round and showed no ear tufts but twice it erected them for 
a moment and I saw them outlined distinctly against the sky 
above the tree. Although they looked rather short for 
those of a Long-eared Owl, I have little or no doubt that 
the bird was a representative of that species. Its flight 
was slow, easy, graceful, somewhat erratic and,on the whole, 
not unlike that of a Wight Hawk although at times suggesting 
that of a big moth. Flapping its broad wings a few times, 
it would glide without further effort for twenty or thirty 
yards before beating them again, inclining now to the right, 
next to the left, and often describing circles of about 100 
yards in circumference. More than once I thought it might 
be looking for prey, while thus engaged. Twice I heard 
a 
a low, guttural cry midway between a grunt f>f and/dog-like 
bark which seemed to come from it as it was on wing but 
which I could not be sure it uttered. 
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