COMMON PTARMIGAN. 243 



HAWK OWL. 



SURNIA FUNEREA. 



Genus Surnia. 



Has been obtained some half-dozen times. When 

 on the wing it bears a considerable resemblance to a 

 Hawk. Its note also is said to be not unlike the cry 

 of a Hawk. 



EAGLE OWL. 



BUBO MAXIMUS. 

 Genus Bubo. 



The Great Owl is a bird of rare and uncertain 

 occurrence. Has been met with chiefly in the north. 

 Several of the specimens obtained are no doubt 

 escaped ones. 



SCOP'S OWL. 



SCOPS SCOPS. 

 Genus Scops. 



An accidental visitor, chiefly to England. Some 

 two dozen specimens have been obtained. 



COMMON PTARMIGAN. 



TETRAD MUTUS. 



Family Phasianid^. Genus Tetrao. 



White Grouse — Snow Chick — Rock Grouse. 



We now arrive at the Family Phasianid^, and no 

 doubt with many of us some of the birds we are about 



