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In North America it is found to inhabit the woods 

 at a distance from the sea-coast, and has been 

 observed at Hudson's Bay, preying by night, with 

 much clamour, and often approaching the dwellings 

 of the inhabitants. 



SHORT-EARED OWL. 



Strix brachyotos. S. auriculata fcrrugineo-flavescens, fuses 



varia, pennis auricularibus angustis, cauda maculis subocellatis. 

 Yellowish-ferruginous Horned Owl, varied with brown, the 



ear- feathers narrow, and the tail marked by subocellated 



spots. 

 Strix brachyotos. S. auricularum penna brevi, corpare supra 



fusco pennis marginejlavis, subtus pallide flavo hngitudinaliter 



striato. Lin. Gmel. 

 Short-Eared Owl. Penn. Brit. Zool. edit. fol. t. B. 3. and t. 



B. 4. f. 1. edit, quart, p. 174. pi. 31 . Bewick's Brit. Birds. 



p. 50. 

 La Chouette, ou La Grande Cheveehe. ? Buff. ois. 372. pi. 2f ? 



This species, confounded by Buffon and some 

 others with a very different bird, appears to have 

 been first correctly described by Mr. Pennant in 

 the British Zoology. It is therefore highly proper 

 to deliver the description in his own words. 



"The length of the Short-Eared Owl is fourteen 

 inches: extent three feet: the head small and 

 hawk-like: the bill is dusky: weight fourteen 

 ounces: the circle of feathers that immediately 

 surrounds the eyes is black : the larger circle white ; 

 terminated with tawny and black: the feathers on 



