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and bold, catching partridges out of a covey, 

 which the Europeans are driving into their 

 nests. It breeds in April and May. Its 

 young are ready to fly in the middle of June. 

 Its nests, as those of all other falcons, are 

 built in unfrequented places ; therefore, the 

 author of the account from Severn River 

 could not ascertain how many eggs it lays ; 

 however, the Indians told him it commonly 

 lay two. It never migrates, and weighs 

 2^ pounds ; its length is 22 inches, its breadth 

 3 feet. 



2. Strix, ] 4. Brachyotos. The short-eared Owl. 

 Owl. j Brit. Zoology, folio, plate B. 3. o(5lavo, 



I. p. 156. Faun. Am. Sept. 9. 



Severn River, N° 1 7 and 64. 



Mouse Hawk at Hudson's Bay. It answers the 

 description and figure in the British Zoology; 

 but its ears or long feathers do not appear. 

 The smallness of the head has, probably, 

 given occasion to call it a hawk, though it 

 does not fly about in quest of prey, like 

 other hawks (as the account from Severn 

 River says) ; it sits quiet on the stumps of 

 trees, waiting mice with all the attention of 

 a domestic cat, being an inveterate enemy 

 of those little animals. It mio^rates south- 

 ward m autumn ; and breeds along the coast. 

 Its irides are yellow. Its weight is 14 ounces; 

 its length 16 inches, the breadth 3 feet. 



Strix 



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