40 



GzNus III. O W L. 



*EARED OWLS. 



15. a. Chinefe E. O. 

 15. b. Coromandel E. O. 



** 



WITH SMOOTH HEADS., 



41. Wapacuthu O. 



42. Spedtacle O. 



43. Mountain O. 



GREAT 

 E. OWL. 



*EARED OWLS. 



Great Eared Owl, Gen. Syn. i. p. 116. N° i. — Ara. Zool. ii. N" 114. 

 Strix Bubo, Mulkr, p. 10. — Georgi Rei/e, p. i6\.~Faun. Arag. p. 70, 



'T^HIS fpecies is faid to inhabit various places on the old con- 

 tinent, extending even to the arSiic region, and is connmon 

 alfo at Kamtfchatka, Is feen alfo at AJirachan, to the fouth ; and 

 mentioned, annong others, as frequenting Aleppo. Is now and then 

 feen with us, one being fliot by the game-keeper of the Rev. 

 Mr. Hare, at Hurjtmondeaunt in Sujfex, in the year 1784. 



VIRGINIAN 

 E. OWL. 



Virginian Eared Owl, Gen. Syn. i. p. 1 19. N" 2. 



'X'HIS is fmaller than the European fpecies ; but, from its great 

 fimilarity thereto, is by fome efteemed a variety of that bird. 

 It is common both to South and North America; not unfrequent 

 at Hudfon's Bay, where it frequents the woods, and builds the neft 

 in March ; it is compofed of a few flicks laid acrofs, for the moft 

 part placed on thtpne trees. The young fly in June. The eggs 

 z are 



