4a OWL. 



5. Long-eared Owl, Ge>i. Syn. i. p. 121. N" ^.—-JrB. Zool. ii. N" 115. 



4- LONG-EAR- strix otus, Brun. N" 16.— Muller, p. 10.— Faun, jirag. p, 7 1 . 



EDO. 



'T^HIS fpecies is found in various parts of Europe, being met 

 with in Sweden, and far north in the RuJJian dominions, to 

 the fouth at Aftrathan, and even to Egypt*. Welikewife remem- 

 ber to have feen fiich a one among fome Chineje drawings, where, 

 from its relative fize to others in the fame coUeftion, it could 

 be no other than this fpecies. It is likewife an inhabitant of 

 America ; but how fur fouib, has not come to our knowledge. It 

 is, however, common at Hudfon's Bay, where it ftays the year 

 round.. The weight of a male is eight ounces and a half: the 

 breadth twenty-eight inches. Is not met with, except at aconfi- 

 derable diftance from \}^e.Jea ; and feldom {qzx\ in the day, but of 

 nights is very clamorous. It breeds in trees, and lays four white 

 eggs in April. The young fly the end of May. It goes by the 

 name oi Amijk Oho^. 



T.T.1' 17 n R^d Owl, Gen. Syn. i. p. 123. N" ^.—Ara. Zoo!. N" 1 17. pi. rr. 



Strix Afio, Faun. Groenl. N" 37. 



'T'HIS is found in the fouthern parts of Greenland, t^^tz'x^^y 

 about Ttinnudliorbick ; and is probably the one known there 

 by the name of Siutilok. 



* Ara. Zaoh f Mr.. Hutchins. 



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