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and bald, catching partridges out of a covey, 

 which the Europeans are driving into their 

 nefls. It breeds in Aoril and Mav. Its 

 young are ready to fly in the middle of June. 

 Its nefls, as thofe of all other falcons, are 

 built in unfrequented places ; therefore, the 

 author of the account from Severn River 

 could not afcertain how many eggs it lays 5 

 however, the Indians told him it commonly 

 lay two. It never migrates, and weighs 

 2 1 pounds 3 its length is 22 inches, its breadth 

 3 feet. 



2. Strix,14. Brachyotos. The fhort-eared Owl* 

 Owl. J Brit. Zoology, folio, plate B. 3. octavo, 

 I. p. 156. Faun. Am. Sept. 9. 



Severn River, N° 17 and 64. 



Moufe Hawk at Hudfon's Bay. It anfwers the 

 defcription and figure in the Britifh Zoology? 

 but its ears or long feathers do not appear. 

 The fmallnefs of the head has, probably, 

 given occafion to call it a hawk, though it 

 does not fly about in quell of prey, like 

 other hawks (as the account from Severn 

 River fays) ; it fits quiet on the flumps of 

 trees, waiting mice with all the attention of 

 a domeflic cat, being an inveterate enemy 

 of thofe little animals. It migrates fouth- 

 ward in autumn - 3 and breeds along the coafh 

 Its irides are yellow. Its weight is 14 ounces j 

 -its length 16 inches, the breadth 3 feet. 



1 Strix. 



