OWL. 349 



49.— CANADA OWL. 



Strix funerea, Jnd. Orn. i. p. 62. Lin.Syst. i. 1-33. Faun. SiieclSo. 7?). Gm. Lin. i. 



p. 294. Ph. Trans. Ix'iu 3So. Mul/er, p. 11. Spulowsh: n. t.3> Baud. u. 183. 



Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 57. Jd. Ed. 2. p. 95. 

 Strix Canadensis, Bris. i. 518. t. 37. f. 2. Id. 8vo. 151. Gerin. t. 90. Shaw's Zoo/. 



vii. 273. 

 Stein Eule, Naturf. 8. s.60. 



Chouette, ou grande Cheveche de Canada, Buf, i. 391. 

 Hawk Owl, Arct. Zool. ii. 12:3. 

 Canada Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 142. 



LENGTH ] 3 or 1 4in . Bill whitisli ; irides yellow ; body brown 

 above, spotted with white ; head above black, dotted with white ; 

 breast and belly whitish, marked with transverse linear fasciae ; 

 greater quills spotted with white, five of the inner ones not spotted ; 

 tail marked with narrow whitish bands, the two middle feathers 

 whitish at the tip, the wings, when closed, reach to within one- 

 fourth of the end ; legs covered with dusky white down, dotted with 

 brown, quite to the toes. 



The length of this bird is 17in. and the breadth 2ft. according 

 to Dr. Forster. It inhabits Hudson's Bay, and is there called 

 Cabeticuch, or Cabaducutch, and has two young at a hatch ; the 

 male is larger, the colours darker and more distinct than in the 

 female. Linnaeus mentions it in the Faun. Suec. as a bird of Sweden, 

 and quotes, in that work, the same plate of Frisch, as he does 

 for the vlula in the Systema JSTaturce. One of these, given to me by 

 Mr. Hutchins, was named Poppa-ruckis-sue. He observes, that it 

 is very common in the woods of Hudson's Bay ; makes the nest 

 in March on trees, of sticks and grass, with a lining of feathers ; 

 the eggs are white, and the young fly in June ; it is a bold bird, 

 and frequents the fires made by the natives in the night. 



