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So6 Woodcraft Manual for Girls Great Horned Owl or Cat Owl {Bubo virginianus). This k the largest of our Owls. About twenty-four inches lone and four feet across the wmgs. It is known at once by its great ear tufts Its yellow eyes, its generally barred plumage of white, black and buff, and its white shirt front, this is the wingS tiger of the woocls. Noted for its destruction of game and poul- try. It IS found throughout the timbered parts of North America iicreech Owl (Otus asio). This is not unlike the Homed Owi in Shape and color but is much smaller— only ten in. hes lone bometunes its plumage is red instead of gray. It feeds on mice and insects and has a sweet mournful song in the autumn— iu Bald Ei^ lament for the falling leaves. It is found in the timbered parts of North America. Turkey Vulture or Buzzard (Cathartes aura). The Turkey Vulture IS about two and a half feet long and about she feet across its wmgs. It is black everywhere except on ♦v^" ""-i"- side ot the wing which is gray, and the head which is naked and red. It IS known at once by the naked head and neck, and is femous for its splendid flight. It is found from Atlantic to Pacific and north to the Saskatchewan. It preys on carrion. in the Southern States is another spedes—the Black Vokuie