HAWK OWL. 
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been taken a few miles off the coast of Cornwall, 
on board a collier, in a very exhausted state. It 
was brought safely to land, and survived for some 
weeks. It is a species not uncommon in Northern 
Europe, and it would not be surprising that indi- 
viduals should occasionally stray to the shores of 
Britain, as well as those other small migratory 
species which are only rare stragglers. It is also 
an inhabitant of North America, particularly in 
the fur countries. In form it is more lengthened 
and hawk-like than any we have yet described, 
it frequently flies by day, and is frequently shot by 
the Hudson Bay hunters when in pursuit of the 
ptarmigans. 
