RAPTORES. 



SHORT-EARED OWL. 



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STRIGID^E. 



SHORT-EARED OWL. 



Otus brachyotos. 



titrti brachyotos, Short-eared Owl, 



Otus 



Strix 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 260. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Short-Jwrn FLEM. Brit. An. p. 56. 



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



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 92. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Hibou brachiote, TEMII. 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, 



