. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . Ohio, and amidst the deep forests of Indiana, alone and reposing in thewoods, this ghostly watchman has frequently warned me of the approach ofmorning, and amused me by his singular exclamations; sometimes sweep-ing down and around my fire, uttering a sudden Waugh O! Waugh 0!sufficient to have alarmed a whole garrison. He has other nocturnal solos,no less melodious, one of which very strikingly resembles the half suppress- 1 Slrix Virg-iniana, Wilson. AVES-OWL.
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . Ohio, and amidst the deep forests of Indiana, alone and reposing in thewoods, this ghostly watchman has frequently warned me of the approach ofmorning, and amused me by his singular exclamations; sometimes sweep-ing down and around my fire, uttering a sudden Waugh O! Waugh 0!sufficient to have alarmed a whole garrison. He has other nocturnal solos,no less melodious, one of which very strikingly resembles the half suppress- 1 Slrix Virg-iniana, Wilson. AVES-OWL. 465 ed screams of a person suffocated or throttled, and cannot fail of beingexceedingly entertaining to a lonely benighted traveller, in the midst of anIndian wilderness. This species inhabits the country round Hudsons Bay; and according toPennant, (who considers it a mere variety of the eagle owl of Europe,) isfound in Kamtschatka, extends even to the Arctic regions, where it is foundwhite; and occurs as low as Astrachan. It has also been seen white in theUnited States, but this has been owing doubtless to disease. It preys on. young rabbits, squirrels, rats, mice, partridges, and small birds of variouskinds. It has been often known to prowl about a farmhouse, and carry offchickens from roost. The great horned owl is not migratory, but remainswith us the whole year. He is very rarely seen abroad by day, and neverbut when disturbed. The nest is generally placed in the fork of a tall tree,and is constructed of sticks piled in considerable quantity, lined with dryleaves and a few feathers. The female lays four white eggs, nearly as largeas those of a hen. THE SNOWY OWL* Is a native of the most northern regions of both continents, passing south-ward in the old as far as the latitude of Astracan, and in the new to that of 59 1 Strix nyctea, Lin. 466 AVES—OWL. Pennsylvania, or more rarely even to the borders of Florida. It is veryseldom, however, met with in Europe to the south of
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