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Show 248 AVES. 437. Frisch lxxxxiv, L~xxxv, lxxxxvi; Naum. 46 and Enl. 44 1 ' ' ' 0 I d . h l 47 1. S omew h a t larger than the Common . w ; covere Wit . on- g1. t'u dm· a1 b1. o wn spots ' transversely denticulated on • the s1des; wh1. te spots on the scapulars ' and toward. s the anterw. r edge. of iliew· m~ Th egr ound of the plum.a ge m the male IS greyish, m• the J1! ema1 e re dd1'sh ' from which ctr.c umstance they .w ere. con. s.i dere d 1r 0r a 1o n g time as two s. pecies.( 1). Th, ey bulld m the woo d s, f requen tly lay their eggs m other b1rds nests, and keep themselves in the hollows of old trees. (2) We reserve the name of BuBo, Cuv. Or Dues, for those species, which, with as small a conch as that f S ·· d the disk of feathers less strongly marked, are fur· 0 the yrnu, an m· shed w·i t h t u ft s. Those which are known have large feet feathered to the nails; such is . Str. bubo; The Grand Due of naturalists; Enl. 43~; Fr1sch, lxxxx.m. · ; N aum. 44 · The largest of the noctu.r nal b1rds; fawn coloured, with a brown streak, and lateral pomts on each fea· ther; the brown predominates above; fawn coloured underneath; tufts almost entirely black.(3) THE TuFTED CaouETEs, Vaill. Afr. xliii, Are mere Dues whose tufts more widely separate, and placed farther back, can s~arcely be elevated above a horizontal line. They are found in both hemispheres.( 4) N ooTuA, Savigny. Neither tufts nor an open or deep 1y set cone h'. 0Pe ning ofth.e eadr oval, and hardl; any larger than in other birds; the disk of fnnge (1)The8tr.sylvestris,rufa,rwctua,albaofScopo1!. ,an d t h e Str .so lonie. nsis 'dowthhicehr Gtnelin has intercalated in his system, are too undetermined to be con~Jdere h Je than var1· et1· es, and probably of the str1' du 1 a . It·1 s we1 1 t 0 know that m thebw' t0h e ofthis genus the females are redder than the males-by not attending tot IS, species have been improperly multiplied. (2) Add the Str. pagodarum, Tern. Col. 220. , • fi reof (3) We cannot admit the Str. scandiaca, L. whose only foundation 15 a ~ 'ca, Uudbeck, probably taken from a variety of the Grand Due. A~d Str. ma~e 1 7or Enl. 585, from which the Str. virginiana, Daud. II, 13, and W1ls. A.m.~ ~:_Str. Str. pinicola, Vieill. Am. 19, only differs in being of a more reddish tin lactea, T. Col. 4. .. 1 174 8.1~ (4) Str. griseata, Sh.; Vaill. Afr. 43, ofGuiana.-Str. strepttans, T. Co' ' of Batavia, 229. Add StF. cinerea, Gm., Bonap. Am. Orn. pl. xxiii, f. 2. Jlm. Ed. ACCIPI1.'RES. 249 feathers is smaller, and less perfect than in the Bubo, Cuv. Their relations to the diurnal bircls of prey are very evident, even in their habits. Some of them are remarkable for a long, cuneiform tail, and have the toes thickly clothed with feathers; they are the SunNIA, Dumer. It appears that there exist in all the North some closely allied species or varieties1 but imperfectly distinguished under the names of 8tr.funerea, hudsonia, uralensis, accipit?·ina, &c. The best known species, Str. nisoria, Wolf.; Enl. 473; Naum. 42. 2, from the north of the whole globe, is about the size of the Sparrowhawk; blackish brown above, with small white spots on the head, which fo1·m transverse bars on the scapulars; transversely striped with brown and white beneath, with ten transverse white lines on the tail. It hunts more during the day than the night. The species from the Uralian mountains, Str. uralensis, Pall. Naum. 42, 1, is nearly as large as the Harfang; brown, with white spots, ahove; white, with long brown spots, beneath; five transverse grey bands on the tail. It also hunts during the day, and is sometimes seen in Germany. It is probably the Hybris or Ptynx of Aristotle, I. ix, c. 12. ' The species, called of Acadia, Str. acadica, Naum. 43, f. 1 and 2; Wils. Am. IV, xxxiv, I, is also sometimes found there, but it belongs to the whole north of the globe. It is the smallest of the Ululre, and is hardly larger than the Common Finch. It does not fear the light of day, but Vaillant has described one of these Surnire from Africa, ( Clzoucou, No. xxxviii,) all white beneath, with fourteen or fifteen lines on the tail, and which, according to his account, is more nocturnal than the other Ululre. There are other N octure which have a short tail and feathered to.es. The largest, and in fact the largest of all the nocturn:.~.l hirds Without tufts, is Str. nyctea, L.; Le Harfang, Enl. 458; Wils. IV, xxxii, 1; Naum. 41. (The Snowy Owl.) This bird almost equals the Grand Due in size. Its snow-white plumage is marked with transverse brown spots, which disappear with age. It inhabits the north of both continents, builds upon high rocks, and pursues Hares, Gt•ouse, &c.( 1) There are some smaller species, such as Str. tengmalmi, Gm.; Str, dasypus, Bechst.; Naum. 48, f. 2, d-i~)- ------------------------------------------------~ ereTnhcee I?nl tothtt ette blanclt.e , Vaill. Afric. 4S, is only an old Harfang. The alleged , e proportions depends upon the stuffing. Vot. I.-2 G |
