HAWK OWL. 91 
er to the former in the smallness of its 
of its face, and in its length of tail. In 
it seems jiist such a figure as one would expect to 
®'^*''®*'ated between a hawk and an owl of the same 
Were it possible for them to produce ; and yet is as 
j'lict, independent, and original a species as any other, 
(j !*as also another strong trait of the hawk tribe, — in 
Of and preying by day, contrary to the general habit 
foiP"'!®. It is characterized as a bold and active species, 
8.^ • '.''ng the fowler, and carrying off his game as soon 
litd '■*’ *”* partridges and other 
ij j and is very common at Hudson’s Bay, whci'c it 
ioj.'^'*lled by the Indians coparacoch.* We are also 
S ®'’'>‘ed that this same species inhabits Denmark and 
Of ** frequent in all Siberia, and on the west side 
Oot • ^ralian chain as far as Casan and the Volga; hnt 
*0 Ilussia. f It was also seen by the navigators 
Sandwich Sound, in lat. Cl deg. north. 
H species is very rare in Penn.sylvania, and the 
hill!!.'* Southern parts of the United States. Its favourite 
h'ulc^ ®oams to be along the bordoj-s of the arctic regions, 
In,]) h? Occasional excursions southwardly wdieu com- 
of f severity of weather, and consequent scarcity 
^ some time ago received a drawing of this 
de^jfrom the district of Maine, where it was consi- 
*0 th another specimen which was shot 
I "eig-hijourhood of Philadelphia, arc the only two 
bfiu ®We come under my notice. These h.aving luckily 
hed to be male and female, have enabled me to 
Vd*^ 'description of both. Of their nest, or manner of 
pi *hg, we have ilO account, 
bill ® *®*ile of this species is fifteen inches long ; the 
plu’ "''aiige yellow, and almost hid among the feathers ; 
diiipPre of curving up over the under man- 
a!ld®^eyes, bright orange ; head, small ; face, narrow, 
8na very little concavity ; checks, white ; crown 
"Pots d'ead, dusky black, thickly marked with round 
^ "t white ; sides of the neck, marked with a large 
near 
rTv. ’ narrowness 
Edwards. 
f Pennant. 
