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s THE NATURAL HISTORY 
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then fuffered to fly, and in that trim he fails flowly 
along, flying very low, as all Owls do. 
The Kite fees him from above, and flies after 
hima, thinking perhaps that he may be proper food, 
and fo comes cautioufly nearer and nearer; then 
the falconer lets a ftrong hawk fly after the Kite, 
and catches him. 
The great Horited Owl builds its neft fome- 
times in an old hollow tree, but more frequently 
in caverns of rocks, or “in the holes of high and 
~ old walls. Its neft “is three feet acro{s, lined 
with leaves, and the Owl lays from one to three 
éges. The Horned Owl feldom is at the trouble 
of making a neft, but generally ufes the old neft of 
a a Magpye. 
7hen he is attacked by other birds, he defends 
himfelf very well with his beak and his claws, 
and if the bird be fronger than himfelf he lies 
down on his back, and fights with his beak and 
his claws, | 
‘There is another kind of Owl, called the little 
Horned Owl. Thefe, like the Swallows, aflemble 
together in Autumn to pafs into other climates. 
And there is an Américan owl, which burrows 
like a rabbit, and lays its eggs in a-hole under 
ground. 
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