88 RAPTORES. OTUS. Eared Owl. 



SHORT-EARED OWL. 



OtUS BRACHYOTOSy CuV. 



PLATE XXL 



OtUS Brachvotos, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 56, No. 28 Shaw's Zool. 13. 57- 



Strix Brachyotos, Lath. Ind. Ornith. \. p. 55. 11 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 289. 



sp. 17 — ii/^yw, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 73. 

 Strix Ulula, Lath. Ind. Omith. 1. p. 60. sp. 27. var. B — Gmel. Syst. 1. 



p. 294. 

 Strix Brachyura, Nils. Faun. Suec. v. 1 . p. 62. sp. 27. 

 Hibou Brachyote, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 99. 



Chouette ou Grand Cheveche, Buff. Ois. v. l.p. 372. t. 27 — Id. PL Enl. 438. 

 Chouette Caspienne, Sonn. Nouv. ed. Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 169. 

 Kurziirige Ohreule, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 2. p. 909. — Frisch. Nog. t. 98. 

 Caspian Owl, Lath. Svn. v. 1. p. 140. and 147- 

 Short-eared Owl, Peii'n. Zool. v. 1. p. 204. and 206 Arct. Zool 2. No. 116. 



— Lemhi's Br. Birds, 1. t. 25 — Luth. Syn. 1. p. 124. 9 Id. Supp. p. 43. 



— Mo7it. Ornith. Diet. v. 2 Wale. Syn. 1. 1. 25 Prdt. Cat. Dorset, p. 4. 



— Bewick'' s Br. Birds, 1. p. 48. and 50 Low's Faun. Oread, p. 42 — 



Wils. Amer Orn. ed. Sir Wm. Jardhie., 2. pi. 33. f. 3. — Northern Zool. 



2. 75. No. 19. 



Phovincial Hawk Owl, Woodcock Owl.* 



Winter The birds of this species are only to be met with in the 



England, southern parts of England, between the months of October 

 and April, as they migrate on the approach of spring to 

 Scotland and its islands, where they breed. Mr Low, in his 

 Fauna Orcadensis, mentions this Owl as being very frequent 

 in the hills of Hoy, where it builds its nest amongst the heath. 

 It is there of great boldness, and has been seen to chace 

 pigeons in the open day -f*. In a nest, which contained two 

 full-fledged young ones, he found the remains of a moorfowl, 

 and two plovers, besides the feet of several others. 



In this country they generally remain concealed in long 

 grass, or in rushy places, upon waste grounds or moors. In 



• The name of Woodcock Owl has been given to this species in England, 

 from its appearance and departure coinciding with those of the bird from 

 which the title is derived. 



-j- I have seen it hawking by day, in gloomy weather, upon the North- 

 umbrian moors. 



