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SYRNIA NYCTEA. THE SNOWY DAY-OWL. 



SNOWY OWL. HARFANG. 





Strix nyctea. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 132. 



Strix nyctea. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 57. 



Snowy Owl. Mont. Orn, Diet. Suppl. 



Chouette Harfang. Strix nyctea. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 82. 



Snowy Owl. Syrnia Nyctea. Selb. Illustr. I. 9.5. 



Noctua nyctea. Snowy Owl. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 93. 



Tail rather long, moderately rounded ; plumage xchite., the 

 head and hack spotted, the wings, tail, and loicer parts barred 

 with dusky hroini. Young with larger markings. 



Male. — Excepting the Eagle-Ovvl, this is the largest spe- 

 cies met with in Britain, where however it is of very rare oc- 

 currence, and has not been found breeding. It is more robust 

 than any other species of its genus, with a very large round 



