56 
2. 
LONG-EARED 
O. 
DESCRIPTION: 
Piacs. 
3- 
SHORT-EARED 
O. 
Str. Otus, Jed. Orn. 1. p. 53-7. 
Moyen Due, Levaill. Oi/. i. p. 166. 
Long-eared Owl, Gex. Syz. 1: p. 121-—Id. Sup. p. 42. 
[TN one of thefe which fell under my obfervation, the weight was 
eight ounces “and a half; the length twelve inches and a half 
breatiea thirty-four inches: the horns, fo called, confift of nine ae 
each; thofe in front are the fhorteft, and the fifth the longeft, and 
when they all lic in their places, there appears a’ black broad ftripe, 
edged with yellow outwardly, within croffed with three or four bars 
a a darker fhade. ‘It is found in the neighbourhood of the Cape of 
Good Hope, as well as in other parts of 4frica. 
Str. brachyotes, Jud. Orr. i. p. 55. 11. 
‘Str. Ulala, mas. & fem. Sepp. Vog. i. t. p. 63? 
Str. Arética, Mu/. Carl/. fase. in. t. 51 2 i 
Duc a courtes oreilles, Daudin. Orn. 1. p. 216. 
Short-eared Owl, Gen. Syz. 1. p. 124. 9.—Jd. Sup. p. 43- 
f~APTAIN Dixon brought over two fpecimens of this bird from 
Sandwich Ilands. \t is found alfo in the Orkney Pes; where it 
is faid to neftle in the ground *. 
From the almoft impohbilicy of difcovering any one feather longer - 
than the reft in dead fpecimens, added to the fimilarity of this bird to 
the Hawk Owl of Edwards, or at leaft one fent to me under that deno- 
mination, | fuppofe them both to be but one and the fame bird; be 
this as it may, they are known by the name of the Short-eared-Owl 
in England ; and fufficiently common en the 4merican continent. In 
refpect to the received opinion of its having the capability of erecting 
a fingle feather of the crown at will, the fact is much to be doubted 5 
* Aré&. Zool. Pref. xxv. 
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