~ albind toe. The claws are hooked and tharp. 
Has a trong hooked Bill, without a cere, but covered 
_at the bottom near the noftrils with fetaceous feathers, (that 
is, feathers that grow {maller towards the end, ) and which : 
fall backwards. The noftrils are oblong. 
The head, eyes, and ears are large, and the tongue bifd; 
the outward toe can be turned backward, and do the office of 
ei 
. WLS, like Cats, can fee with very little 
y light; the pupils of their eyes, though. 
they grow lefs in the light, are fill round ; but. 

the punils cf the eyes of cats are always sah Be ~ 
fame length, and only grow narrower in the light. 
— Owls have a very quick heating, and can 
‘move both the menidibles of -their bills, They - 
fail through the air rather than By their motion 
is fo eafy and fo filent. They enjoy themfelves : 
moft in moonlight night ts; itis then they catch» 
in greatett abundance their prey, which is moles, 
and mice, and moths, and infe&s of feveral 
kinds; for though the bright light of the fun 
dazzle their eyes, yet they require alittle light; 
and when the moon does not fhine, they feck 
5: ee : their 
