OWL. 



329 



** WITH SMOOTH HEADS. 



27— SNOWY OWL. 



Strix nyctea, /jjrf. Orn. i. p. 57. Lin, Syst. \. 132. Fatm. Suec. Tho. 76. Gm.Lin.i: 



201. Scop. Ann. i. No. 10. Brun. p. 7. Muller. No. 10. Faun. Groenl. No. 16. 



GeoTg.\. p. 164. Ph. Trans. \^\\. p. 385. Borowsh.ii. p. 78. Ger. Orn.i. t. 93. 



Klein. Av. p. 9. t. ix. f. 3. a. b. Spalowsk. u. t. 2. Daud. ii. p. 188. SAotjjV Zoo/. 



vii. 240. t. 31. Fid//, i. p. 46. pi. 18. Amer. Orn.'w. y>\.32. f.l. Temm. Man. 



d'Orn. p. 41. Id. Ed. ii. p. 83. 

 Strix alba freti Hudsonis, Bris. i. 522. Td. 8vo. 152. Klein. Av. p. 56. 

 Strix nivea, Levail. Ois. p\. 4S} Daud.u. 190. 

 Die Tageule, Naturf. viii. s. 58. 30. 

 Harfang, Bvf.\. 387. P/. rn/. 458. 

 Great White Owl, Snowy Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 132. Id. Sup. 45. /d. S«p. ii. 59. Arct. 



Zool. ii. No. 121. opposite the title page. Nat. Misc. ii. pi. 27. var. Bartram's Trav. 



285. Gent. Mag, V. 41. -p. 437. Lin. Trans, xi. p. 17b. 



THIS is fill] as big as the Great Horned Owl, but the head less 

 in proportion ; length about 23 or 24 in. ; weight H to three pounds. 

 Bill black, almost hid in the feathers ; irides yellow ; the plumage as 

 white as snow, but the crown of the head is marked witli small 

 brown .spots, and the upper part of the back crossed with narrow 

 lines of brown ; sides under the wings the same, but paler ; quills 

 white, spotted with brown ; tail the same, crossed with bands of 

 broad brownish spots,* except the outer ones, which are pure white ; 

 legs covered with white feathers; claws black. The female more 

 thickly covered with spots, and darker than the male. 



This bird is sometimes quite white, especially in the winter 

 season, and inhabits the more northern parts of Europe ; is scarce in 



* Amer. Orn, 



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