. Young folk's illustrated book of birds : with numerous original, instructive and amusing anecdotes . fiaropean Sparrov^Hawk (Male and Femiile).. THE GREAT HORNED OWL. 89 one side into the northern parts of the United States; and,on the other, they occasionally appear in Germany, and morerarely in Frane«. At Hudsons Bay they are observed bjday flying high, and preying on the white grouse and otheibirds, sometimes even attending the hunter like a falcon,and boldly taking up the wounded game as it flutters on theground. They are also said to feed on mice and insects,and (according to Meyer) the
. Young folk's illustrated book of birds : with numerous original, instructive and amusing anecdotes . fiaropean Sparrov^Hawk (Male and Femiile).. THE GREAT HORNED OWL. 89 one side into the northern parts of the United States; and,on the other, they occasionally appear in Germany, and morerarely in Frane«. At Hudsons Bay they are observed bjday flying high, and preying on the white grouse and otheibirds, sometimes even attending the hunter like a falcon,and boldly taking up the wounded game as it flutters on theground. They are also said to feed on mice and insects,and (according to Meyer) they nest upon trees, laying twowhite eggs. They are said to be constant attendants on theptarmigans in their spring migrations towards the north;and are observed to hover round the camp-fires of the na-tives, in quest probably of any offal or rejected game. GREAT HORNED OV^L.—(Bubo Vlrginiana.) This noted and formidable Owl is found in almost everyquarter of the United States. His favourite residence, how-ever, is in the dark solitudes of deep swamps, covered witha growth of gigantic timber; and here, as soon as eveningdraws on, and mankin
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