Synopsis of the Birds 
3b 
with white; benfeath barred with white and brown; tail with 
several narrow white bands, cuneiform, reaching three inches 
beyond the wings; feet thickly covered with long feathers: 
bill yellow. 
Hawk Owl , Strix hudsonia, Wils. Am. Orn . vi. p. 64. pi. 50* 
fig- 6. 
Inhabits the north of both continents : extremely rare, and 
only in cold winters as far south as Pennsylvania. 
*24. Strix ntctea, L. White, more or less spotted and barred 
with dusky according to sex and age ; tail rounded, reach- ‘ 
ing but little beyond the wings ; feet thickly covered w ith 
long feathers ; bill black. 
Snow Owl , Strix nyctea , Wils. Am. Orn. iv. p. 53. pi. 32* 
fig . l. male. 
Inhabits the north of both continents, whence it descends 
during winter to the more temperate regions, farther to the 
south in America than in Europe ; not uncommon. 
25. Strix cunicularia, Molin*. (3.) Cinnamon-grey spotted 
with whitish ; beneath white, spotted with cinnamon-brown ; 
tail even, reaching but little beyond the wings > feet covered 
with short scattered bristles. 
Burroicing Owl , Strix cunicularia , nob. Am. Orn. i. p. 68 . 
pi .'/, fig - 2- 
Inhabits near the Rocky Mountains ; common : found alsb 
in South America 
ff Head with erectile tufts of feathers (Scops, Bubo , Cuv.) 
Nocturnal. 
26. Strix asio. L. Dark brown (young tawny red) mottled 
with black, pale browm and ash ; wings spotted with w hite ; 
beneath w 7 hite, mottled with black and brown ; tail even* 
reaching to the tip of the wings ; feet thickly covered with 
short feathers nearly to the claws. 
Mottled Owl, Strix ncevia, Wils . Am. Orn . Hi. p. 16 . pi. 19 * 
fig. i. adult, and Red Owl , Strix asio, id. v. p. 83. pi. 42, 
fig. l' young. 
