OWL. 
This was brought from Quebec, by General Davies, in 17903 and 
with*it another much fmaller, which he had in his poffeffion alive ; 
it differed in being more dufky, ‘and the circles of the face not 
fringed on the back part, otherwife fo like, as to be fuppofed merely 
differing in age or fex: the general obferved to me, that this bird 
' frequently ereéted two feathers over the eye ; but although I infpeéted 
the fpecimens very narrowly, I could not obferve any feathers longer 
than the reft, which circumftance is alfo noticed in refpect to the Short- 
cared Owl, 
** Witu SmooTH Heaps. 
Str. ny&tea, Ind, Orn. i. p. 57. 20.—Seelig. Vog. Th. 3. Taf. 17.—Spalowee 
Vog. 2. t. 2» 
Strix arética capite levi, &c. Bartr. Trav. p. 2856 
Chouette Harfang. Daudin. Orn. ii. p. 188. 
Snowy Owl, Gea. Syx. i. p. 132.17.—Ld. Sup. p. 45. 
OUND fometimes in Saxony, Heffe, and Thuringia, in Germany. 
From its preying on hares, among other things, it has probably 
acquired the name of Harfang. In fummer it is marked with dull 
pale brownitfh fpots, but in winter as white as fnow. 
The Kalmucs are faid to pay divine honours to this fpecies, and 
augur good or ill luck, according to the bird tending in its flight to 
the right or left. 
In Lapland, it is found ufeful in deftroying numbers of the Lem- 
mings: the inhabitants of Hud/ons Bay make thefe birds fupply part of 
their food, eating their flefh when cooked, and drinking the broth 
made with it. 
Bartram obferves, that it arrives in Pen/ylvania in autumn, from 
the north, and continues through the winter, departing in fpring, 
and that they fometimes continue their journies as far fouth as 
Carolina. 
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