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STIIIX BRACIIYOTOS. 
WILSON, PLATE XXXllI. FIG. III.— MALE -EDINBCIIGH 
MUSEUM. 
this species, however remote and different the counO 
may be where it has taken up its residence. 
51 . STRIX BRACUrOTOS, WILSON. SHOlIT-EAlt ED OM'l" 
COL''**'* 
This is another species common to both continf®|^ 
beinw found in Britain as far north as the Orkney 1* j 
where it also breeds, huildinjf its nest upon the ()i 
amidst the heath; arrives and disappears in the s*’*. ,( 
parts of England with the woodcock, that is, in 
and April ; consequently does not breed there- 
is called at Hudson’s Bay, the mouse hawk ; a"* 
■ ‘ searc". 
described as not dying, like other owls, in 
prey, hut sitting quiet, on a stump of a tree, watd' jj 
for mice. It is said to he found in plenty in the " ‘’jjii' 
near Ch.atteau Bay, on the coast of Labrador. 
In' 
United States, it is also a bird ot passajre, coming^' 
from the north in November, and departing in 
It has the stern aspect of a keen, vigorous, and [i 
bird ; and is reputed to he an excellent luoasef- w 
flies frequently by day, particularly in dark, 
weather, takes short flights ; and, when sitting 
looking sharply around, erects the two slight 
that constitute its horns, n hich are at such time-s 
noticeable; but, otherwise, not perceivable. Nop*^)! 
on slightly examining this bird after being shot, 
suspect it to be furnished with horns ; nor are 
discovered but by careful search, or previous obs"' gj 
tion on the living bird. Bewick, in his IHstOw^ei 
British Birds, remarks, that this species is soineh^^.; 
seen in companies, — twenty-eight of them beiu^ 
counted in a turnip field in November. . ijfsi 
Length, fifteen inches ; extent, three feet four 
general colour above, dark brown, the feathers b'' ..j;! 
ii^...I>-lv 1... i,;ii j'lCi 
skirted with pale yellow ish brown ; bill, large, 
irides, rich golden yellow, placed in a bed of deep 
which radiates outwards all around, except to" 
