of the Norfolk and Suffolk Birds. 7, 



15. F. ci/oneus (Henharrier). 



This bird breeds in the channel-fen at Barton in Norfolk, 

 where we have more than once thought ourselves in danger 

 of being attacked by it, when we had approached the place 

 where undoubtedly its nest was concealed. 



Genus II. Sxiiix. 



1. S. Nycten (Snowy Owl). 



A female Snowy Owl was shot at Felbrigg in Norfolk the first 

 week in April 1814, the weight of which was 5^ pounds ; length 

 2 feet ; breadth 5 feet 4 inches. This is the first instance we 

 have heard of the Snowy Owl being seen in England. In the 

 month of January 1820 another specimen of the same bird was 

 killed near Gunton, not many miles distant from the spot where 

 the former one was found. The latter bird is now in the pos- 

 session of Lord Suffield. 



2. S.Aluco (Brown Owl). 



3. S.fiaiyimea (White Owl). 



This bird, as well as others of the genus, is destructive among 

 rabbits, as we have been informed by a relative, who has shot it 

 in the very act of striking them on a warren : and we have our- 

 selves frequently seen White Owls skimming over the burrows. 



4. .S. brachyotos (Short-eared Owl). 



These Owls visit this part of the kingdom in September and 

 October, and remain till the spring. They arrive in flocks of from 

 ten to twenty, and frequent heaths ; in which respect they differ 

 from the Long-eared species, which is fond of the gloom of fir- 

 plantations. Montagu says, that the ears in a dead specimen 

 are not discoverable ; but in one which we have seen, the ears 



remained 



