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Has a Beda hooked Bill, without a ecie, but covered 
at the bottom near the ion with. fetareous feathers, (that 
as, feathers that grow fmaller towards. the end, ) and which 
fall backwards. | The noftrils are ‘oblon ngs 
The head, eyes, and ears are large, and the tongue bifid ; 
athe outward toe can be turned backward, and do the office of 
ahind toe. The claws are hooked,and fharp. ™ 
\ W LS, like Cats, can fee ‘with very little 
’ licht; the pupils of their eyes, though 
“they grow lefs in the light, are ftill round; but 

_the pupils of the eyes of cats are always of the 
“fame length, and only g crow narrower in the light. 
Owls have a very quick hearing, and cah 3 
move doth the mandibles of their bills: They 7y 
fail the ugh the. air. rather than “fly, their motion. 3 
is fo aly, and fo filent. ‘They enjoy themfelves f 
_moft in_ moonlight | ni ohts; it 1s then’ they catch 
in greateft abundance their prey, which is moles, 
and mice, and moths, and infects of feveral Af 
‘kinds; for though the bright light of the fun 
‘dazzle their eyes, yet they require a little light ; 
and when the moon does. not ‘fine, they, feck 
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