^276 HUDSONIAN OWL. 



wholJy covered with fine soft feathers of the colour 

 of the belly, but the variegating lines smaller: 

 the claws are sharp, crooked, and pointed, of a 

 dark brown colour. There was another of this 

 species brought with this, which was a little bigger, 

 and differed something in colour : it had all the 

 same marks, but not so strong and bright. I suppose 

 it was the female of this. These were brought 

 from Hudson's Bay, where its native name is 

 Caparacoch. It preys on white partridges, and 

 other birds, and is so bold as to attend near the 

 fowler with his gun, and will sometimes carr}^ off 

 a partridge after it is shot, before the sportsman 

 can reach his game." 



In the Arctic Zoology we are informed that 

 this species is common to North America, Den- 

 mark, and Sweden: that it never hatches above 

 two young at a time, which for some months after 

 flight remain of a rusty brown colour. 



