SHORT-EARED OWL. 



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RAPrORES. 



STRIGIDAI. 



SHORT-EARED OWL. 



Strix brach 



Otus 



Strix 



yotos. Short-eared Owl, Penn Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 260. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 62. 

 Short Horn ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 56. 

 Short-eared ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 88. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 92. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 

 Hibou brachiote, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 99. 



The Short-eared Owl is not only numerous as a spe- 

 cies, but is also very widely diffused, as the localities in 

 various countries to be hereafter named will show. Unlike 

 the species last described, which hides itself in large woods 



