. The popular natural history . Zoology. 7HE SCOPS EARE£i-OWL. 265 sounds which are uttered by this bird, .the Cree Indians know it by the name of Ottvwuck-oho ! The Virginian Horned Owl takes up its residence in the deep swampy forests, where it remains hidden during the day, and comes out at night and morning, heralding its approach with its loud unearthly cries, as of an un- quiet wandering spirit. Sometimes, according to Wilson, "he has other nocturnal solos, one of which very strikingly resembles the half-suppressed screams of a person suffocating or ; The common Brown
. The popular natural history . Zoology. 7HE SCOPS EARE£i-OWL. 265 sounds which are uttered by this bird, .the Cree Indians know it by the name of Ottvwuck-oho ! The Virginian Horned Owl takes up its residence in the deep swampy forests, where it remains hidden during the day, and comes out at night and morning, heralding its approach with its loud unearthly cries, as of an un- quiet wandering spirit. Sometimes, according to Wilson, "he has other nocturnal solos, one of which very strikingly resembles the half-suppressed screams of a person suffocating or ; The common Brown Owl, or Tawny Owl, as it is often named, is, with the exception of the Barn Owl, one of the best known of the British Owls. Although rather a small bird, being only about fifteen inches in total length it is possessed of a powerful pounce and an audacious spirit, and, when roused to anger or urged by despair, is a remarkably unchancy antagonist. The food of this Owl is of a very varied nature, consisting of all the smaller mammalia, many reptiles, some birds, fishes when it can get them, and insects. It seems to be a good fisherman, and catches its finny prey by waiting on the stones that project a little above the water, and adroitly snatching the fish from the stream by a rapid move- ment of the foot. Sometimes it flies at much higher game, especially when it has a young family to maintain, and will then attack birds and quadrupeds of very great size when compared with its own dimensions In a single nest of this bird have been found according to a writer in the Field, three young Owls, five leverets, four young rabbits, three thrushes, and one trout weighing nearly half a pound. The voice of the Brown Owl is a loud monotonous hoot, that may be often heard in the evening in localities where the bird has made its home. The nest is usually placed in the hol- low of a tree, and contains several white eggs. The colour of the Brown or Tawny Owl is an ashen grey upon the upper par
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