The home of the 
Snowy Owl is in 
the Arctic Regions, 
where it is a resi- 
dent, but as winter 
comes on a certain 
number appear to 
migrate south, and it 
is then that the bird 
visits Great Britain 
occasionally, occur- 
ring in Scotland 
nearly every year. 
The Snowy Owl is a 
day-flying species, 
and feeds principally 
on the hordes ot 
Lemmings which 
The Snowy Owl. make their wonder- 
ful migrations in 
countless numbers in northern latitudes. It alsocatches Hares, Grouse and Ptarmigan, 
as well as Duck, and is even said to feed on fish. The nest is built on the ground in 
the open tundra, and consists only of a little moss or lichen with a few feathers : 
sometimes it is only a hollow scooped out in the 
moss. The eggs are six or eight in number, 
white, and measuring over two inches in length. 
The ‘ Hawk ’ Owls are so- 
named on account of their 
barred plumage, which gives 
a slight similarity to a Hawk 
in appearance, and also probably on account of 
their habit of hunting in the daylight. They are 
smaller than the Snowy Owl, have no trace 
of ear-tufts, and have a long and wedge-shaped 
tail. The European species of Hawk-Owl 
(S. uliila) has certainly occurred in Great 
Britain, as I have seen a specimen killed in 
Wiltshire, and it has also been noticed in the 
Shetlands ; but most of the specimens obtained 
have undoubtedly belonged to the American 
form, 6'. funerea. The Hawk-Owl. 
THE 
HAWK-OWL. 
(Sunlit 7 ulula.) 
