Of the night crowe. cap. 27.
THE night crowe is called Nictico∣rax, and hath that name, for he lo∣ueth the night, and flyeth and seeketh his meale by night, and crieth in seeking: and their crye is hatefull and odious to other birdes, as Isidore sayth. And is a Birde that flyeth the lyght, and maye not sée the Sunne, and haunteth & dwel∣leth in burials and in places of dead men: and they make their neasts in walls and in places with chinnes and hoales, and eate the Egges of Doues and Choughs, and fight with them. Also this Birde is called Noctua, as it were sharply séeing by night: for by night she maye sée, and when shining of the Sunne commeth, her sight is dim. The Iland Creta hath not this Birde, if hée commeth thether out of other lands, he dyeth anon as Isi∣dore saith.
(* 1.1This kinde of Owle is dogge foo∣ted, and couered with haire, his eyes are as the glistering Ise, against death hée vseth a straunge whoup.
There is another kinde of night ra∣uen blacke, of the bignesse of a Doue, flat headed, out of the which groweth three long feathers like the coppe of a Lap∣wing, his bill gray, vsing a sharpe voice, whose vnaccustomed appearaunce, beto∣keneth mortalitye: he prayeth on Mice, Wéesells, and such like.)