338 OWL. 



the middle of alternate circles of black and asli-colour; the plumage 

 on the upper parts of the body mottled with asli-colour and black ; 

 thighs the same, but paler, crossed with brown lines; head, hind part 

 of the neck, and wing coverts sooty, marked with narrow bars of 

 dirty white; breast and belly whitish, greatly covered with large, 

 oblong blotches of dusky brown ; from the neck to the vent is a 

 space, of about an inch in breadth, quite bare ; legs feathered to the 

 feet. Male and female much alike, the latter smaller of the two. 



Inhabits Hudson's Bay the whole year; does not change coloui 

 in any season ; makes a nest in a pine tree the middle of May, 

 with a few loose sticks, lining it with feathers; lays two eggs, 

 marked with darkish spots ; the young fly the end of July ; niostly 

 seen in pairs ; preys chiefly on rabbits and mice ; flies low, yet with 

 great force, often striking itself into the snow a foot deep when in 

 chace after its prey, and of such strength as to be able to fly oiF 

 with a hare alive in its talons. Is called Omisseu Athanetou, or 

 Speckled Owl. According to Mr. Bartram, it is found in Pensyl- 

 A auia ; where it is a constant resident, and breeds there. 



38.— BARRED OWL. 



Strix nebulosa, Jnii. 0;-n. i. p. 58. G/n. Ljn. i. 291. Daud.W. 191. Nat. Miscel. i. 



t. 25. Shaw's Zool.vW. 24b. Ff«7/. y4m. i. p.45. pi. 17. ^m. Or«. iv. pi. 33. f. 2. 



Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 49. Id. Ed. ii. p. 88. 

 Grey Owl, Ph. Trans. Ixii. p. 386. 424. 

 Barred Owl, Gen. Syn. i. p. 133. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 122. pi. 11. 



THIS species, as described by Dr. Forster, weighs 3 lbs. ; is 

 16in. long, and extends 4ft. The bill is pale yellow ; irides yellow; 

 circlets of the face whitish, barred with dusky lines ; head, back. 



