6o OWL. SHRIKE. RAVEN; 



"DodiOT Tengmalm, an able ornithologift, refident near Stockholm i. 

 lately difcovered a new fpecies of Owl, of the fize of a Blackbird. The 

 bill dulky, tipped with white : frora its corners, to each eye, is a line of 

 black : the irides yellow : the circlet of feathers round the eyes is white^ 

 mixed v/ith duiky : head grey, ftriped with v/hite, and furrounded with 

 aduflvy circle fpotted with white and dufky: primaries duflcy, barred 

 with white : bread and belly white, varied irregularly with dufky 

 marks : tail above, of a duiky grey, ftriped with white : toes feathered 

 to the claws ;. grey, with.pea-fhaped fpots of white., 



236,. -pj^g Little Owl appears in Sweden with the firft rays of the fun : 



its voice is a moft acute whiftle, by the imitation of which, fmall birds 

 are. readily collefted together.. 



S40. The Red-backed Shrike returns to Sweden the latter end of 



jdpril : makes its neft in low bufhes, in form of a cup, near a" quarter 

 of a yard in diameter, of wool, foft dry grafs, &c. with amazing art. 

 The young are long before they fly : the tafk. of feeding the young refts 

 chiefly on the female ;. and principally the food confifts, of infefts of 

 the. hymenoptera ord&v. Their food is not confined to thofe, for Mr. 

 Qedman has feen about the nefts the exuvi^ of thoufands of hornets. 

 The female defends its neft ftoutly, yet at other times is very timid : 

 the male with great afi^eftion feeds its mate, when the latter is on the 

 duty of incubation ; and during, that time is rarely feen at home.. 

 When the female has quitted, the neft, the male undertakes the care of 

 the young; fitting for their protedlion in the top of fome neighboring 

 tree: the female fits in fearful filence : its mate elevates its voice. 

 This fpecies feeds chiefly on infe£ts, feldom on fmall birds. — Mr. 

 Qedman. 



245. The Raven in winter lives in Swedm, in flocks,v near. the ftiores 



of the fea, to fupport itfel^ on whatfoever the waves fling up. The 



ruftics . 



