. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 245 [377.] HAWK OWL. Surnia ulula (Linn.) Geog. Dist.—Arctic portions of the Old World. Casual In Alaska (St. Sjichael's). Mr. P, M. Turner obtained several specimens of this species in , the vicinity of St. Michael's, Alaska, while on duty there in connection with the U. S. Signal Service during the years 1874 to which gives the Hawk Owl of Europe a place in our avifauna. It is a larger bird than the American Hawk Owl. Dresser in his magnificent work on "Birds of Europe" says: "The Hawk Owl is
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 245 [377.] HAWK OWL. Surnia ulula (Linn.) Geog. Dist.—Arctic portions of the Old World. Casual In Alaska (St. Sjichael's). Mr. P, M. Turner obtained several specimens of this species in , the vicinity of St. Michael's, Alaska, while on duty there in connection with the U. S. Signal Service during the years 1874 to which gives the Hawk Owl of Europe a place in our avifauna. It is a larger bird than the American Hawk Owl. Dresser in his magnificent work on "Birds of Europe" says: "The Hawk Owl is a northern species, being spread over the whole of Scandinavia and Si- beria; it visits more southern countries only in winter and then very sparingly, but has not yet been found on the shores of the Mediterranean. According to tollett it is very widely distributed throughout Norway, pre- ferring the sub-Alpine regions to the low country; it is tolerably numerous in the sub-Alpine woods of Northern Sweden and Norway, common in Lapland and Finland, occasionally visiting Denmark In winter; said to have nested in East ;. The bird nests in hollows of decayed pine trees, the lining of the nest being simply the powdered wood or rotten chips of the tree itself. The eggs are from five to nine in number, white in color, smooth and glossy; in shape like those of the Short-eared Owl. The breeding varies from the 377. European hawk owl (From middle of April to the end of June. A set of nine eggs Turner). in Mr. Crandall's collection taken May 3, 1893, at Kittila, Lapland, exhibit the following measurements: , , , , , , , , 377a. AMERICAN HAWK OWL. Suniia ulula caparoch (Mull.) Geog. Dist.—Northern North America; south in winter to Northern border of the United States; occasional in British Islands. A bird hawk-like in appearance, but nevertheless a true owl, and being the least nocturnal o
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