as _NATURAL HISTORY. 
beauties either of form or plumage, as they would 
have been loft to general contemplation. _ 
Asa fubject of vigilance, this bird was confecrated 
to Minerva, and feems to fill that chafm between 
quadrupeds and the feathered rate, ye is Oylcrtan 
Br racauigic: cats and bir te ; 
A DHONI — 
GREAT HORNED OWL, 
V y HICH is nearly as large as an eagle, has fome 
feathers rifing from his head, “which he can elevate or 
lower, at pleafure. The back and coverts of the 
wings, are varied with deep brown and yellow. It 
ufually breeds in caverns, hollow trees, or ruinated 
buildings, asin their. dries aearhy ners net in di~ 
apres 3 a 
XN 
; Hi POMCDIE MES iy 
LESSER HORNED OWT. 
"Tue wings of this bird are fo long, that ies 
clofed, they reach beyond their tails. The feathers. 
of the ‘head, back and coverts of the wingsare’brown, 
edged with "yellow : The tip of the tail 1s white. ay 
' “Lhere is alfoa fmaller kind of horned owl, which 
is not: much larger than the thruth. » 
‘Of owls, there are alfo. the little owl, chinks is res: 
markable for its elegance ; the {creech owl, which: 
has blue eyes and iron grey feathers; and the own 
owl, which remains all day in the woods. reer. 
