Show WELL EQUIPPED BY NATURE simple explanation of remarkable sense of hearing that Is possessed by the owl f it Is held by naturalists natura lists that lint in order to capture its prey the owl must depend even more upon its sense 0 oe f hearing chati upon its sense of sight tho the tufts of feathers that hint dis ting the short eared cared and the long eared cured are of counie no moro more ears blinn they tire lire horns Y cor of the owl Is a most moat remar remarkable able org organ a n tho the facial disk of fe feathers athers blat gives the owl its ita characteristic ap pearn tice serves its as a kind of sound ing board or ear car to concentrate the slightest sounds and to trana wit tile 1 to the orifice of tile the trin trim ear concealed in the small feat feathera herg behind the eye ewen in the barn owl OH lc which possesses the ho least complicated arrangement of nc this kind tit the orifice of the ear cur la Is covered hy by a remarkable flap of tile skin while litle in tilt the other species there are am striking dlf fer frences CIMs in tile the size and fill d S shape of till orifice and its covering flop on oil tile the two sides of the liend head tilt the exact way in which owls utilize till this elaborately specialized a apparatus p par a t aig has still to bo a discovered |