332 



OWL. 



29— GRILLIAN OWL. 



Strix liturata, Mvi.Nat. Grill. 1788. p. 5. 



THIS Owl is said to be somewhat larger than a common fowl, 

 with a smooth head, whitish body, marked with long brown spots. 



Inhabits Sweden, found near Elfliarleby where it is called Stora 

 Skogs-Ugglan. As no reference is given to any otlier author, I>r. 

 Lindroth, who drew up the catalogue of the Grillian Museum, no 

 doubt, considered it as a new species. 



30.— ERMINE OWL. 



Strix Candida, Ind.Orn. Sup. p. xiv. Teinm. Man. eA.2. p. 8$. 



erminea, Shawns Zool. vii. 251. 



La Chouette blanche, Levail. Ois. \. p. 72. pi. 45, Daud.iy. 190. 

 Ermine Owl, Gen. Syn. Sup.W. p. 60, 



THIS, according to M. Levaillant, is distinct from either the 

 Snowy, or Wapacuthu Owl ; it scarcely can be a variety of our 

 Great Eared .species, being entirely earless, nor do the measures 

 conespond ; it is smaller than the Snowy Owl, and of a more squat 

 make; the head, too, is larger in proportion; the tail short, and the 

 >vings exceed it in length, when closed, by some inches, wliereas in 

 the Snowj^ species, the tail is pretty long, and the wings do not reach 

 more than half way thereon. Tlie legs in the present described one 

 are very short, and so completely covered with feathers, as almost to 



