306 OWL. 



A.— Strix maximus, capiteaurito, corporeniveo ; Great Horned White Owl, Bar^raw'* 

 Trav. p. 285. 



According to Mr. Bartram, this bird is found in Pennsylvania, 

 arriving there from the North in autumn, wliere it continues during 

 the Avinter, returning again the spring following to breed. This is 

 probably a white variety of the Virginian species, and it is said also 

 that in the European Arctic Regions it very often inclines to white. 



* 



4.— STRIPED-EARED OWL. 



LENGTH 16 in. Bill stout, yellow; face smooth, without any 

 appearance of circles ; forehead white ; behind each eye, rather 

 above the level of it, a long eared tuft of feathers, five or six in 

 number, of unequal lengths, the longest nearly three inches, each 

 tawny brown on one web, and white on the other, giving a striped 

 appearance ; general colour of the plumage above, quills, and tail 

 rufous brown, with minute black sjoecks ; beneath pale rufous, 

 minutely speckled with broAvn ; on the wing coverts a few solitary 

 spots of white, the size of pease. The first quill shorter by two 

 inches than the adjoining one ; the third the longest, the outer edges 

 of them rough, but not to be called serrated ; tail even at the end, 

 and the wings reach to about three-fourths of the length ; legs 

 covered to the toes. 



In the possession of Mr. Latham, of Compton Street. Its 

 native place said to be South America. One is also in the collection 

 of Mr. Bullock. 



* Pallas List. MS. 



