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and bold, catching partridges out of a covey, 
which the Europeans are driving into their 
nefts. It breeds in April and May. Its 
young are ready to fly in the middle of June. 
Its nefts, as thofe of all other falcons, are 
built in unfrequented places; therefore, the 
author of the account from Severn River 
could not afcertain how many eggs it lays ; 
however, the Indians told him it commonly 
lay two. It never migrates, and weighs 
2 \ pounds ; its length is 22 inches, its breadth 
3 feet. 
2. STRix,i) 4* Brachyotos. The fhort-eared Owl. 
Owl. J Brit. Zoology, folio, platfc B. 3. odtavo, 
I. p k 1 56. Faun. Am. - Sept. 9. 
Severn River, N° 17 and 64. 
Moufe Hawk at Hudfon’s Bay. It anfwers the 
defcription and figure in the Britifh Zoology ; 
but its ears or long feathers do not appear. 
The fmallnefs of the head has, probably, 
given occafion to call it a hawk, though it 
does not fly about in queft of prey, like 
•• other hawks (as the account from Severn 
River fays) ; it fits quiet on the flumps of 
trees, waiting mice with all the attention of 
a domeflic cat, being an inveterate enemy 
of thofe little animals.- It migrates fouth- 
-wardin autumn ; atid breeds along the coafl. 
Its irides are yellow. Its weight is 1 4 ounces ; 
its length 16 inches, the breadth 3 feet. 
1 
Strix. 
