OWL. 315 



eyes two tufts of feathers, nine or ten in number, standing up as 

 ears ; edge of the bastard wing marked with white, and on the 

 greater coverts five or six spots of white ; quills barred ferruginous 

 and dusky ; five or six of the outer ones barred, half way from the 

 base, with brown and white, the rest of the length brown ; tail barred 

 ferruginous and dusky ; the circle of feathers surrounding the eyes 

 dusky red, the inner half sun'ounded with white, and meeting over 

 the nostrils ; beneath, from the breast, dusky white, tinged, more or 

 less, with rufous, and a dash of deep brown down the shafts ; legs 

 covered to the toes with light brown feathers; toes brown, claws 

 black. 



The female is brown, with the markings very indistinct, though 

 not greatly different fi'om those of the male. 



Inhabits America, from New York to the Carolinas ; is called 

 in Georgia, and we believe also in other parts, the Screech Owl. Is 

 also found in the south parts of Greenland, especially about Tun- 

 nudliorbick, and is probably the one known there by the name of 

 Siutitock. 



13.— SHORT-EARED OWL. 



Strix brachyotos, Ind. Orn.\. p. 55. Gm.Lin.i. 289. P/i. Trans. \xu. p.. 384. Faun. 



Arag. p. 71. Daud.n. 216. Shaw' s ZooL Vn. 223. Atner. Orn. 4. pi. 34. f. 1. 



Tern. Man. d'Orn. p; 47. Id. ed. 2. p. 99. 

 Strix ulula, Se;)/). Fog-, t. p.«3. Male & Female, iin. i. 233? Gm. I.i«. i. 294 ? 

 Noctua major, Briss.i. 511. Id. 8vo. 149. Gerin. t. 86. 87? 

 Strix arctica, Mus. Carls. Fasc. in. t. 51. 



Chouette, on grande Cheveche, Buf. i. 372. pi. 17. PI. enl. 438. 

 Brown Owl, Gen.Syn.'i. 140. Id. Sup. \>. 47. Alb. iu. pi. 7. 

 Short-eared Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 124. /(/. Su,p. p. 43. Id. 2. Sup. 56. Br. Zool. i. No. 



66. pi., 31. /(/. Fo/. p.71. t. B.3. &B.4. f.2. Jrf. £rf. 1812. i. 260. pi. 32. Arct. 



Zool. ii. 110. Bewick \. pi. p. 48. & 50. Lewin.'i. pi. 25. Walcot'i. pi. 25. 



Donov. pi. 35. Orn. Diet. Sf Sup. 



LENGTH to the end of the tail, and to the toes, loin. ; extent 

 of wing 3ft. 6in. ; weight 12iozs. Bill and claws black; before the 



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