Ord: I. 



RAPACES. 

 Nocturiise. 



16 



Gen. IV. STRIX. Lin. 



II. Sub-gen. Bubo, (tufted Owls.) 



29 sp. t Strix bracpiyotos. Lath. The short-eared Owl. 



Ot/fS „ Cm. 



Nest. June — ^July, on the ground on the moors ; in North Britain. 

 Eggs. 2-3, oval, pure white. 



29 « 



29 5 



!9c 



30 sp. * Strix bubo. Lin. The Eagie-oAvl. 

 Btfbo mchvinius. Sihb. 



Nest. May— June, amid rocks or on lofty trees, in the north of Europe, and Switzerland ; 



very rare in Great Britain. 

 Eggs. 2-3, sbort-oval, white. 



30^/ 



30 5 



30 c 



