EAGLE OWL. 117 
Linneus, when making a tour in Lapland, found this bird 
and its nest on one of the highest hills of that country on 
the 17th of May. ‘The nest contained an addled egg and 
two young birds: these last were of small size, with a soft 
whitish covering like wool. On the 16th of June he found 
two other young birds of the same species which were 
nearly full grown, but unable to fly. In these young spe- 
cimens the bill was black; irides saffron yellow; pupil 
bluish black ; the general plumage soft; the wings dark, 
with reddish brown spots; feathers of the breast brick-red, 
with a dark indented longitudinal stripe; tail-feathers still 
short, dark, with roundish red spots; feet reddish brown. 
‘‘ Owls have been noticed for an extraordinary attachment 
to their young. An instance in point was witnessed by a 
Swedish gentleman, who resided several years on a farm 
near a steep mountain, on the summit of which two Hagle 
Owls had built their nest. One day in the month of July, 
a young bird, having quitted the nest, was caught by the 
servants. This bird was, considering the season of the 
year, well feathered; but the down appeared here and 
there between those feathers which had not yet attained 
their full growth. After it was caught, it was shut up in 
a large hencoop, when to his surprise, on the following 
morning, a fine young Partridge was found lying dead be- 
fore the door of the coop. It was immediately concluded 
that this provision had been brought there by the old Owls, 
which no doubt had been making search in the night time 
for their lost young one. And such was, indeed, the fact ; 
for night after night, for fourteen days, was this same mark 
of attention repeated. The game which the old ones carried 
to it consisted chiefly of young Partridges, for the most 
part newly killed, but sometimes a little spoiled. On one 
occasion, a Moor-fowl was brought, so fresh that it was 
