No. 4.1 COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY STRIGID^. 743 



182*2. Edmoxston, L. Observations on the Snowy Owl, (Strix Nyctea, Linn.) 

 <J/e/H. TVeniei-ian JSfat. Hwt. «S'oc.,iv, pt. i, 1822, pp. 1.57-160. 

 Read Mar., 1822. Relating to its diBtribution and habits. 

 1826. Garnot, p. Observations snr Ic Chat-huant couleur do neige (Strix Nyctea) 

 ]>iir Laurence Ednionston. . . . <] /''<f;«8«. yyHi/.,2«8ec., vii, 1826, pp. 106, 107. 

 Mem. Wernerian Hoc, iv, 1822, jtp. 157-160. 



1829. Head, T. The Biscacho, or Coquinibo Owl (Strix cunicularia). <[ Loudon's 



MtKj. Xat. HM., i, 1829, j). 285, fig. 150. 

 Proiu Read's Hough Notes, p. 82. 



1830. Geoffroy St.-Hii.aire, Isid. Reniarqiies snr les caraetferes et la clas.sification 



des Oiseaiix dc pi'oio nofturnes, et Description d'un genre nonveau sous le 

 nom de Phodilus. < Aim. des ScL Xat., xxi, 1830, pp. 194-203. 



Division de la lauiille en 2 sections — § I. Les genres cliez leofniels il n'existe point de die- 

 quo autour de la face, 1" Xoctua, 2" Bubo, 3" Phodilus, g. n., p. 199. §11. Ceux chez lesquela 

 le disiiue est complet on pre8<ino complct, 1" Syrnium, 2" Ulula, 3" Strix. — Chouetto Calong, 

 PI. Col. 318, — Strix badius. Uoisl'. — Fkodilus badius, p. 203. 



1833. Hoy, J. D. The Short-eared Owl (Strix brachyotus Lath.) breeds in the Conntv 



of Norfolk. < London's Mag. Nat. Hist., vi, 1833, pp. 1.50, 151. 



1834. Bree, W. T. [On Shakespeare's Notice of the Owl's Manner of Flight.] 



<:l London's Mag. Xat. Hist., vii, 1834, p. 593. 



1835. Neill, p. The Snowy Owl (Strix nj'ctea), an Individual of, has been taken 



alive at Orkney, and was alive on May 9. 1835, at Canonruill.s, near Edin- 

 burgh. <^Loudon's Mag. Xat. Hist., viii, 1835, p. 508. 



1837. Denxy, H. [Letter on the occun-euce of the Snowy Owl (Nyctea nivea) at 



Selby, Yorkshire.] < /'. Z. S., x, 1837, p. 45. 



1838. Cabot, S. [Jr.] Observations on the plumage of the Red and Mottled Owls 



(Strix asio). < Jonrn. Bost. Soc. Xat. Hist., ii, pt. i, 1838, pp. 126-128. 



Supposing the difterence to be due to age — S. naevia juv., S. agio ad. The true interpret.v 

 tion of the phenomenon (diehiomatism. independent of age, sex, or season) was not mada 

 until many yeais afterward. 

 1838. Denny, H. Surnia Nyctea, Dumeril. < Mag. of Zool. and Bof., ii, 18:J8, p. 93. 



Its occurrence Feb. 13, 1838, iu Britain. 



1838. Thompson, W. On the Snowy Owl, Surnia nyctea, Dumeril. <^ Annals of Nat. 



Hist., i, 1838, pp. 241-245. 

 Description, and habits in confinement. 



1839. Lesson, R. P. Description d'unc nonvelle espece de Syrnium [S. ocellatum]. 



</»'(>/•(((' Zoologique, ii, 1839, pp. 289-290. 



1839. Michenek, E. A few Facts in relation to the Identity of the Red and Mottled 

 Owls. &c. < .Tonrn. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila., viii, 1839, pp. 5:)-56. 



1839. Thompson, W. Note on the Migration of the Snowy Owl, Surnia nyctea, 

 Duni. < Annals of Nat. Hist., iii, 1839, pp. 107-110. 



1842. Abhoit, S. L. [On a specimen of Syrnium cinereum from Massachusetts.] 



< Proc. Bost. Soc. Xat. Hist., i, 1842, pp. 57, 58. 



1843. Gerard,—. Chouette. <:^ Diet. Nour.d' Hist. Nat., xii, p. mi. 



Not seen. The article Chouette in ttiis dictionary is specially mentioned by Wagner, aa 

 ■'one of the best of the ornithological articles contained in the present part." The author 

 regards the commonly received genera as subgenera, and docs not enter upon species. 

 1843. Van Beneden, P. J. Note sur I'oreille externe de quelques oiseaux de proio 

 nocturnes. < Mem. Soc. Hoy. Sci. Liege, i, 1843, pp. 121-124, pi. 3. 



Pas viio moi-m6me. 



