. British birds with their nests and eggs . forests of the northern parts of the Old and New World. TheAmerican bird is darker in plumage and more broadly barred than the one foundin the Palsearctic region, but the two are bracketed together above, as they aremerely local races of the same species. Some six or seven examples have occurredin the British Isles, the majority of them belonged to the darker American first was captured off the Cornish coast in March, 1830, and carried to was shot near Yatton, in Somerset, while flying about on a bright afternoonin August, 1847 ;
. British birds with their nests and eggs . forests of the northern parts of the Old and New World. TheAmerican bird is darker in plumage and more broadly barred than the one foundin the Palsearctic region, but the two are bracketed together above, as they aremerely local races of the same species. Some six or seven examples have occurredin the British Isles, the majority of them belonged to the darker American first was captured off the Cornish coast in March, 1830, and carried to was shot near Yatton, in Somerset, while flying about on a bright afternoonin August, 1847 ; one at Unst, in the Shetland Isles, in the winter of 1860-61 ;two have been obtained near the Clyde, in Scotland, one December, 1863, theother November, 1868 ; another was seen on wing at Musburj^ in South Devon,on an afternoon at the end of August, in 1869; and one, believed to be the onlyexample that has been secured in this country of the paler European form, wasobtained near Amesbury, in Wilts. As this Owl is resident in Norway, more. Hawk Owl * The European I-1awk-0wl American Hav/k Owl. hi examples of the European race may be expected to appear occasionally on oureastern coasts through some chance when tlic Ijirds are migrating. As its name denotes, the Hawk-Owl comes near to the Falcojiida; it has along, graduated, tail; short, sharp, wings; only incomplete facial disks; smallerears than the night Owls, without an operculum, and flies abont swiftly like aHawk in the day-time, roosting in a tree at night. Its plumage is andmore compact, and less downy, than that of other Owls. It is an abundant speciesin the pine woods in Lapland, and Wheelwright has given a good description ofits habits. He says:— The Hawk-Owl is by no means shy, and in the breedingseason it is one of the boldest of all birds. Seated on the top of a dead pine,close to the nest where his mate is sitting, the old male bird keeps a constantwatch, and as soon as any one appears to be approaching t
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