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46 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
- 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 ‘ 
_ him, thinking perhaps that he may be proper food, 
and fo comes cautiouily nearer and nearer; then 
the falconer lets a {trong hawk ai after the Kite, 
and catches him. 
T he ¢ ereat Horned 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 acrofs, lined 
with leaves, and the Owl lays from one to three 
eges. The Horned Owl feldom is at the trouble 
of making a neft, but generally ufes the old neft of 
a Magpye. 
~ When he is attacked by other birds, he defends | 
himfelf very well with his beak and his claws, _ 
and if the bird be ftronger than himfelf he lies 
down on his back, and hghts with his beak and oo) 
bis claws. 
There ts another kind of Owl, called the little 
‘Horned Owl.  Thefe, like the Swallows, affemble 
| cages in Autumn to pafs into other climates. 
And there is an American owl, which burrows 
like a rabbit, and lays its s eggs in a hole under 
: - ground. 
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