Nine other specimens, killed at Bear Lake, Slave Lake, York Factory, and on
the Rocky Mountains, presented no other difference than the white spots, in some
of them, being fewer on the neck, between the shoulders, and on the scapularies.
Their length varied from 16J to 17^ inches ; but the sexes were not specified.
Head of the Hawk Owl. Bill, showing the nostrils. Ear.
[26.] 9. S t r ix T en gm a lm i. (Linn.) Tengmalm’s Owl.
G e n u s . Strix. L in n . Sub-genus. Noctua. Cu v ie r .
“ Strix dasypus. B e c h s t e in and Me y e r .” (Temminck.)
Strix passerina. F orster. Phil. Trans., lxii., p. 385, No. 7-
New species of Owl. Penn. Arct. Zool., ii., Supply p. 60.
Strix Tengmalmi. T em m in c k , i., p. 94. V ie il l o t . Ency. Meth., iii., 1288. I d em . Gal.
des Ois., pi. 23.
Cheepai-peethees, or CheepomeseSs. (Death-bird.) Cr e e I n d ia n s .
Shipomosish. H utchins. MS., et apud Penn. Arct. Zool., ii., p. 236.
P late x x x ii.
This species resembles Strix funerea, Virginiana, &c., in its short and feathered
tarsi; while the size and structure of its ears point out its affinity to
those groups which are strictly nocturnal. The bill is short and much curved,
the nostrils very convex, and their apertures oval. The wings are considerably
rounded.—Sw.
The completely nocturnal habits of this Owl is a proof of the justness of the