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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 227
tify the curious in the ftudy of ornithology, by giving them a
figure of the fcarceft {trix that is any where to be met with. It
is peculiar to Lapland, and has been called by Mr. Thunberg
Strix Lapponica. Its fpecific charater is as follows :—
“ Strix Lapponica : inauriculata, corpore albido nigro, fafciato,
* maculatoque.”
It is larger than the ois, and fmaller than the zy¢fea of Lin-
nzus. The annexed copper-plate will fupply the place of a de-
fcription: but it deferves to be noticed, that only two {pecimens
of this bird ftuffed, exift at prefent in Europe, and thefe are both
in Sweden. The one in the mufeum at Upfala, is that from which
my drawing was taken; Mr. Thunberg having politely allowed
me to conyey it to my lodgings, that I might copy a likenefs at
my leifure. Very little is known of the hiftory of this bird. 1
have met with it myfelf in Lapland, and even purfued one, but
without fuccefs, as they are extremely fhy, and will not let men
come near them.
Crows breed in prodigious numbers in Finmark, and in other
parts of Norway, and take their flight in flocks along the fea
fhore. Thefe birds, through cold and hunger, become very tame in
winter ; at that feafon they hover about the tents of the Laplan-
ders, and even venture to come within them, and will pick up
every thing within their reach. Befides thefe, the ravens are very
numerous, and found to be bold and deftructive, feizing fifh hung
up to dry, and birds taken in {nares, and even attacking fheep, and
plucking out their eyes, or tearing open their bellies.
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