HAWK OWL. 



SURNIA ULULA CAPAROCH. 



Char. Above, dull blackish brown, spotted with white ; crown without 

 spots; dark patch on the cheeks; face white, the feathers with dark 

 margins; tail and wing with white bars; below, white with dark bars. 

 Length i4?4; to 17^ inches. 



Nest. On a tree ; of twigs lined with feathers. 



Eggs. 2-7; dull white ; 1.55 X 1-25. 



This remarkable species, forming a connecting link with 

 the preceding genus of the Hawks, is nearly confined to the 

 Arctic wilds of both continents, being frequent in Siberia and 

 the fur countries from Hudson's Bay to the Pacific. A few 

 stragglers, now and then, at distant intervals and in the depths 

 of winter, penetrate on the one side into the northern parts of 

 the United States, and on the other they occasionally appear 

 in Germany, and more rarely in France. At Hudson's Bay 

 they are observed by day flying high and preying on the White 

 Grouse and other birds, sometimes even attending the hunter 

 like a Falcon, and boldly taking up the wounded game as it 



