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this fpecies on his head. To this day the Kalmucs continue the cuf- 

 toiTij on all great feflivals ; and feme tribes have an idol in form of 

 an Owlj to which they faften the real legs of one*. 



125. Brown. Brown Owl, Br. Zool. i. N' Gg.— Latham, i. l^o.—De Buffon,\. 372.— P/. Enl. 



438. 

 Strix Ulula, Faun. Suec. N" 78,— Bl. Mus.— Lev. Mus. 



With dark hazel irides : head, wings, and back, of a deep 

 brown fpotted with black : coverts of the wings and fcapulars 

 varied with white fpots : breaft of a pale afh-color, marked with 

 dufky jagged ftrokes pointing downwards : feet feathered to the 

 claws. Length about fourteen inches. Weight nineteen ounces. 

 ^lACE.- ln\\zh\ts Newfoundland : r^rt \n Ruffia: uvikno'ffnmSibiria: found 



in Sweden and Norway f . 



126. LiTTlB. Lijtjg Owl, Br. Zool. i. N° -jO.—De Buffon, u 377. 



Strix Paflerina, Faun. Suec. N° "iQ.— Latham, i. 149, N" 38, N° 39 ; 150, N° 40. 

 — Bl.Mus. — Lev. Mus. 



C\ With pale yellow irides : bill whitifh brown : head light brown, 

 fpeckled with white : back, and coverts of the wings, and fca- 

 pulars, of the fame color, marked in parts with white fpots : the 

 breaft whitifh, varied with ruft-color : tail barred with white, and 

 marked regularly on each web with circular white fpots : feet feathered 

 to the claws. It varies in length, from eight to feven inches. The 

 fmalleft I have feen is from Nova Scotia ; which has white circlets 

 about the eyes, and fewer white fpots on its plumage. 

 Place. Inhabits from EudJorCs Bay to New York. Called by the natives of 



the firft, Shipmojpjh. Lives in all feafons among the pines : builds 

 its neft half way up the tree : lays two eggs. Are moft folitary birds. 

 Keep clofe in their retreat the whole day ; but are moft adive 

 moufers during night. Frequent in Ruffia ; lefs fo in Sibiria. 



* Extraiis, ii. 142. t BrunnkJi, N" 19. 



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