HAWK OWL. 
SURNIA ULULA CAPAROCH. 
Char. Above, dull blackish brown, spotted with white ; crown without 
spots; dark patch on the cheeks; face white, the feathers with dark 
margins; tail and wing with white bars; below, white with dark bars. 
Length 14^ to 17^^ inches. 
Nest. On a tree ; of twigs lined with feathers. 
Eggs. 2-7 ; dull white; 1.55 X i-25- 
This remarkable species, forming a connecting link with 
the preceding genus of the Hawks, is nearly confined to the 
Arctic wilds of both continents, being frequent in Siberia and 
the fur countries from Hudson’s Bay to the Pacific. A few 
now and then, at distant intervals and in the depths 
of winter, penetrate on the one side into the northern parts of 
the United States, and on the other they occasionally appear 
m Germany, and more rarely in France. At Hudson’s Bay 
they are observed by day flying high and preying on the White 
Grouse and other birds, sometimes even attending the hunter 
like a Falcon, and boldly taking up the wounded game as it 
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