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Tlif ioIiiti.)iislu|. l.clwc.'ii tlic Si/niinm rliirninn uimI tlio >■'. hipponiri'm ia 

 exii.'tly puiiiUt'l tn lliiil li.'tWfcM tin- 0///.s ruhfirls, var. in/son hi iiii.s, uik' vur. 

 nihl,iri^,Siinii<i nh'/ii, mw. //('//w/mV/, iiml tlic var. idnh', aiul Xi/r'"/'' '"','/- 

 mil mi, viir. rir/inn/sonl, and thu var. Inujiiuilmi. In conlurinity to llio 

 j^cni'ial iul(! anions' tlu' siiecics wliicli UAiW,' to llus two conlinunts, tliu 

 ?\inciican race of tliu pivsi-nt lanl in wry (loci.l.Mlly daikiT tlian the Knro- 

 jR'aii oni", which has the whitish niotllint,' much more pvevalcnt, j^iviiij-' the 

 lihiniani^ a li,i,'ht('V ami more },'rayi.sh iisiu-ct. The white i)re(lominates on tlie 

 o\iter wel.s ul' tlie scapuhirs. On the heutl siiul neck the white wiuals 



Syrnittm cinereinrt. 



the dusky in extent, wliile on tlie lower parts it hirj^ely prevails. The 

 longitudinal strijies of the dorsal region are much more conspicuous in /«jj- 

 punirnm than in cinaxuvt. 



A specimen in the Schliitter collection, labelled as from " Xord-Europa," 

 is not distinguishable from Xoith American examples, and is so very 

 unlike the usual Lapland style t'> it we doubt its being a European speci- 

 men at all. 



Habits. The Great Gray or Cinereous Owl appears to be confined to 

 the ninre northern portions of Xorth America. It is rarely met with in any 

 part of the United States, and only in winter, with the exception of Wash- 



