HAWK OWL. 



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been taken a few miles off the coast of Cornwall, 

 on board a collier, in a very exhausted state. It 

 was brought safely to land, and survived for some 

 weeks. It is a species not uncommon in Northern 

 Europe, and it would not be surprising that indi- 

 viduals should occasionally stray to the shores of 

 Britain, as well as those other small migratory 

 species which are only rare stragglers. It is also 

 an inhabitant of North America, particularly in 

 the fur countries. In form it is more lengthened 

 and hawk-like than any we have yet described, 

 it frequently flies by day, and is frequently shot by 

 the Hudson Bay hunters when in pursuit of the 

 ptarmigans. 



