54 RAPACES. STRIX. Earep Owls. 
‘yy Short-eared Owl.—Strix Brachyotos, Lath. 
PLATE 21. 
Strix Brachyotos, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 55. 11.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 289. 
sp. 17.—Meyer, 'Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 73. 
Strix Ulula, Lath. Ind. Ornith. |. p.60. sp. 27. var. B.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 294. 
Strix Brachyura, Nils. Faun. Suec. v. 1. p. 62. sp. 27. : 
Hibou Brachyote, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 99. 
Chouette ou Grand Chevéche, Buff: Ois. v. 1. p. 372. t. 27.—I/d. Pl. Enl. 438. 
Chouette Caspienne, Sonn. Nouv. ed. Buff: Ois. v. 4. p. 169. 
Kurzérige Ohreule, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v: 2. p. 909.—Frisch. Vég. t. 98. 
Caspian Owl, Lath. Syn. v. 1. p. 140. and 147. 
Short-eared Owl, Penn. Zool. v. 1. p. 204. and 206.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 116. 
—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 1. t. 25.—LZath. Syn. 1. p. 124. 9.—Jd. Supp. p. 43. 
—WMont. Ornith. Dict. v. 2.—Wale. Syn. 1. t. 25.—Pult. Cat. Dorset. p. 4- 
—Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1. p. 48. and 50.—Low’s Faun. Orcad. p. 42. 
Provincial, Hawk Owl, Woodcock Owl. 
The birds of this species are only to be met with in Eng- 
Winter re- land, between the months of October and April, as they mi- 
pnaeed. grate on the approach of spring, to the northern islands of 
Scotland, where they breed. Mr Low, in his Fauna Orca- 
Breeds in densis, mentions this Ow! as being very frequent in the hills 
ae on Hoy, where it builds its nest amongst the heath. It is 
there of great boldness, and has been seen to chace pigeons 
in the open day *. In a nest, which contamed two full- 
fledged young ones, he found the remains of a moorfowl, and 
two plovers, besides the feet of several others. 
In this country they generally remain concealed in long 
grass, or in rushy places, upon waste grounds, or moors. In 
autumn, I have often met with them in turnip fields, but 
have never seen them in plantations; nor de they ever at- 
tempt to perch upon a tree. Five or six cf these birds are 
frequently found roosting together ; from which circumstance 
it is probable that they migrate in families. Montacu 
thinks that this may arise from the abundance of food they 
meet with in the places where they are thus collected, but the 
“ T have seen it hawking by day, in gloomy weather, upon the North- 
umbrian moors. 
