304 OWL. 



2.-SCANDINAVIAN EARED OWL. 



Strix Scandiaca, Ind. Orn. i. p. 53. Lin. i. 133. Fn. Suec. No. 70 Gm, Lin. i. 



287. Amcen. Ac. vu. 479. ^. x\\, 2. Daiid. W. 210. Skaiv's Zoo\. \u. 2U. 

 Bubo Lapponicus, Bris. i. 486. No. 3. Id. 8vo. 142. 

 Scandinavian Eared Owl, Gen. Sijn.'i. 120, Arct. Zool.\\. 237. A. 



THIS is said to be the size of a turkey; the body white, 

 sprinkled with black spots ; in all respects like the Snowy Owl, 

 except in having an eared head. 



Inhabits the mountains of Lapland, and is probaby a variety 

 of the great eared species. Linnaeus first described it from a paint- 

 ing of Rudbeck ; and we also find it recorded as one of the rare 

 birds of Norway, by M. Tenning, of Drontheim, where the Snowy 

 Owl is likewise found. 



3._VIRGINIAN EARED OWL. 



Strix Virginiana, Ind. Orn. i. p. 52. Gm. Lin. i. 287. Br\s. i. 484. Id. 8vo. 141. 



Gerin. i. t. 84. Daud. ii. 210. Shaw's Zool. vii. t. 30. 

 Eagle Owl, Arct. Zool. ix. 228. 



Horned Owl, Ell. Iluds. Bay, p. 40. pi. 2. Bartr. Trav. 28b. 

 Bubo Pinicola, Vieill. Am. i. p. 51. pi. 19. 

 Virginian eared Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 119. Edic. pi. 60. 



RATHER smaller than the European Eagle Owl; length 

 about 20 inches; the ear-like feathers are large, and arise just at 

 the base of the bill, which is black ; irides gold-colour ; plumage on 



