
OPAC ORR oe oe? OT aT RN aR ee SS 

4, . THE NATURAL HISTORY 
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their prey in the twilight of the joa and i int 
the morning. a 
In the middle of the: day teva are quite over= 
a with the light... The litde birds do not 
like the owl, becaule i in the evening he flies after 
them, - and would kill and eat them if he could. 
“When they difcover the place where he is in the | 
day, they get together in great numbers, and fly — 
- about him and teize him; for they are not afraid 
of him then, when he is fleepy, and cannot bear the 
| glare of the light. 
‘There are two divifions of Owls; one is called 
the Eared or Horned Owls; becaufe they have 
feathers on’ each fide of their head, which fand © 
up like ears. 
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The other divifion is called the Owls with 
? fmooth heads: but they have both large circles of . 
feathers, which grow round the eyes. _ : 
- Owls eat frogs, and mice, and lizards, and 
. moles, which they {kin with ereat fkill. They — 
- fometimes eat young pigeons and little birds ; but 
though they fwallow, they cannot digeft the fea- 
o thers, which remain a little time in their fto- 
machs, and colle& there in the form of balls. 
: From time to time they throw up thefe little. 
‘round balls, and a great number. of them are 
found in fo hollow trees, where they roof. 
“FT ‘Ther ] 
