Note 1 — Chapter LIV · NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF PREY
Florence Constable Bicknell translation
“The French language has recognized this analogy in its term chat-huant1 (hooting cat) applied to a certain kind of owl. This bird is, in some sort, a cat in its manner of living, a cat that flies and that utters a long-drawn cry like a plaintive howl. It is nocturnal; in other words, it keeps itself hidden by day in some obscure retreat, whence it comes forth only at nightfall, to hunt in the twilight and under the rays of the moon.