HAWK OWL. 



TaMe showing the results of examinalions of S8 stomachs of the Snowy Owl. 

 ( Nyclea nyetea.) 



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SuMMABT.— Of 38 stomachs examined, 2 contained game birds; 9, other hirds: 18, mice: 2 other 

 mammals, and 12 were empty. 



HAWK OWL. 



Suinia ulula capaioch. 



The typical focm of the Hawk Owl inhabits the northern portions of 

 the eastern hemisphere from Scandinavia to Kamtschatka, and occurs 

 accidentally in western Alaska. Some authors consider the northern 

 Siberian bird to be separable under the name of Swrnia u. doliata. 



The American bird {Surnia u. caparoch), which is merely a geograph. 

 ical race of the Old World species, inhabits the northern part of North 

 .America from Alaska and the central forest regions to Newfoundland 



