. Birds of Michigan. Birds. Z()OLO( ilCAL DEPARTMENT. 71 J(U)-;{75a-(4i{). Biiho virgiuiauuii^ subarcticus {Hoy.}. Western HoknedOwl. Rare; "'without doubt, as Mr. A. li. Covert savb, rare or accitlental in'^Michigan, as it occurs in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois" (A. W. Butler). It is possiVjle that this bird and also the Arctic Horned Owl may be taken in Northern Michigan. Coues includes in No. 468 this and the sub-species arcticus. Genus NYCTEA Snowy Owl, reduced. 170 -.'{7<»-(47i)). Nyctea iiyctea (Linn.). *Snowv Owl; White Owl. Common in winter; throughout the state
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. Z()OLO( ilCAL DEPARTMENT. 71 J(U)-;{75a-(4i{). Biiho virgiuiauuii^ subarcticus {Hoy.}. Western HoknedOwl. Rare; "'without doubt, as Mr. A. li. Covert savb, rare or accitlental in'^Michigan, as it occurs in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois" (A. W. Butler). It is possiVjle that this bird and also the Arctic Horned Owl may be taken in Northern Michigan. Coues includes in No. 468 this and the sub-species arcticus. Genus NYCTEA Snowy Owl, reduced. 170 -.'{7<»-(47i)). Nyctea iiyctea (Linn.). *Snowv Owl; White Owl. Common in winter; throughout the state; ten taken in December at South Haven, by E. H. Lockwood (American Field Vol. XXVII); we have taken several at this place; unlike other owls, it is amiable in continement; Mr. L. W. Watkins killed one at Manchester. Mich., that had pounced down on a hen in broad daylight and killed it; "common in Grand Travei-se county" (Dr. M. L. Leach); "Monroe county in severe winters" (Jerome Trombley); '"very rare in winter, one taken in St. Joseph county in 1892" (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "food, mammals, birds, batra- chians, tish. and molluscs" (L. S. Fisher). Genus SDRNIA Dumehil. 1 71-;577a-(4SO). Siirnia iilula caparocli (il/»i/,). American Hawk Owl. "Rare winter visitor" (Gibbs" Birds of Michigan); Mr. A. H. Boies has taken one in St. Joseph county; "south to Wisconsin" (Jordan). We have never seen this bird here; "Eagle River on Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); embraced in the lists of Dr. Sager (1839), Cabot's Birds of Northern Peninsula, St. Ignace (1850), Dr. Miles (1861), and Covert's Birds of Washtenaw County (1881).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916; Michigan. Stat
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