HAWK OWL. 



{Strixfunerea, Gm. S. hudsonia, Wilson, Am. Orn. vi. p. 64. pi. 

 50. fig. 6. Philad. Museum, No. 500.) 



Spec. Charact. — Blackish-brown, thickly spotted with white ; 

 beneath white, barred with brown ; tail wedge-shaped, extending 

 far beyond the wings, marked with several narrow whitish bands; 

 feet thickly feathered : the bill yellow. — Female, with the tints 

 less clear, and of a little larger size. — Young, with the plumage 

 of a rusty brown. 



This remarkable species, forming a connecting link 

 with the preceding genus of the Hawks, is nearly confin- 

 ed to the arctic wilds of both continents, being frequent 



