of the Norfolk and Suffolk Birds. T 
15. F. cyaneus (Henharrier). 
This bird breeds in the channel-fen at Barton in Norfolk, 
where we have more than once thought ourselves in danger 
of being attacked by it, when we had approached the place 
where undoubtedly its nest was concealed. 
| Genus II. Srrix. 
L.S. Nota (Snowy Owl). 
A female Snowy Owl was shot at Felbrigg in Norfolk the first 
week in April 1814, the weight of which was 51 pounds ; length 
2 feet; breadth 5 feet 4 inches. This is the first instance we 
have heard of the Snowy Owl being seen in England. In the 
month of January 1820 another specimen of the same bird was 
killed near Gunton, not many miles distant from the spot where 
the former one was found. "The latter bird is now in the pos- 
session of Lord Suffield. 
2. S. Aluco (Brown Owl). 
3. S. flammea (White Owl). 
This bird, as well as others of the genus, is destructive among 
rabbits, as we have been informed by a relative, who has shot it 
in the very act of striking them on a warren; and we have our- 
selves frequently seen White Owls skimming over the burrows. 
4. S. brachyotos (Short-eared Owl). 
These Owls visit this part of the kingdom i in September and 
October, and remain till the spring. They arrive in flocks of from 
ten to twenty, and frequent heaths ; in which respect they differ 
from the Long-eared species, which is fond of the gloom of fir- 
plantations. Montagu says, that the ears in a dead specimen 
are not discoverable ; but in one which we have seen, the ears 
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