THE GREAT HORNED OWL. 
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one side into the northern parts of the United States; and, 
on the other, they occasionally appear in Germany, and more 
rarely in France. At Hudson's Bay they are observed by 
day flying high, and preying on the white grouse and other 
birds, sometimes even attending the hunter like a falcon, 
and boldly taking up the wounded game as it flutters on the 
ground. They are also said to feed on mice and insects, 
and (according to Meyer) they nest upon trees, laying two 
white eggs. They are said to be constant attendants on the 
ptarmigans in their spring migrations towards the north; 
and are observed to hover round the camp-fires of the na- 
tives, in quest probably of any offal or rejected game. 
GREAT HORNED OWL . — (Bubo Virginiana .) 
This noted and formidable Owl is found in almost every 
quarter of the United States. His favourite residence, how- 
ever, is in the dark solitudes of deep swamps, covered with 
a growth of gigantic timber ; and here, as soon as evening 
draws on, and mankind retire to rest, he sends forth such 
sounds as seem scarcely to belong to this world, startling 
the solitary pilgrim as he slumbers by his forest fire, 
Making night hideous. 
Along the mountainous shores of the Ohio, and amidst the 
