. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ale lays four white eggs, nearly as largeas those of a hen. THE SNOWY 0 W L1 Is a native of the most northern regions of both continents, passing south-ward in the old as far as the latitude of Astracan, and in the new to that of 59 Strix nydea, Lin. 466 AVES—OWL. Pergisylvania, or more rarely even to the borders of Florida. It is veryseldom, however, met with in Europe to the south of Sweden; while inAmerica it appears to be most frequent in the latitu
. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ale lays four white eggs, nearly as largeas those of a hen. THE SNOWY 0 W L1 Is a native of the most northern regions of both continents, passing south-ward in the old as far as the latitude of Astracan, and in the new to that of 59 Strix nydea, Lin. 466 AVES—OWL. Pergisylvania, or more rarely even to the borders of Florida. It is veryseldom, however, met with in Europe to the south of Sweden; while inAmerica it appears to be most frequent in the latitude of Hudsons mentions one or two instances of its appearance in the neighbor-hood of Leipsic and of Dresden; and it has obtained a place in the BritishFauna, as an inhabitant of the islands of Orkney apd Shetland, where itwas first detected by Mr Edmonstone, about eighteen or twenty years seems probable, from that gentlemans observations, that it is stationary inthe last mentioned locality throughout the year; but AVilson believes it to beonly an occasional visitant in the United States, except perhaps in some of. the more northern and inland parts, when it may remain during the summerto breed. In the early part of the present year, (1832,) one of them was shoton an island in Boston harbor, where he had been noticed lurking for severaldays previous, feeding on clams, muscles, and other shellfish along theshore. The comparative length of wing and strength of the quill feathers, in thisbeautiful owl, enable him to fly with much more swiftness, and to remainsuspended in the air for a much greater length of time, than any other birdof the family. It flies abroad also in the daytime, as well as in the twilight,and in all these particulars, as well as in the nature of its food, evinces astriking approach to some of the more strictly diurnal birds of prey. It feedsalmost indiscriminately on birds, quadrupeds, fishes, and even carrion ; andis stated by Hearne to
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