BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE SNOWY OWL, 
OR GREAT WHITE OWL. 
( Sirix Nydia , Lin.) 
On tlie authority of Mr Bullock, of the London 
Museum, we give this as a new species of British Owl. 
On his tour to the Orkney, Shetland, and the neigh- 
bouring isles, in the month of July, 1812 , he disco- 
vered that these birds breed there, and live chiefly up- 
on the rabbits, # which it appears are pretty abundant 
* They are said also to live upon the Alpine hare, and the Ptarmigan 
and other birds. 
