. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . SHORT-EARED OWL. 297 visits us in October, and retires early in the spring, like theWoodcock. . Known by the name of Mouse Hawk andWoodcock Owl. (Foxs Synopsis, p. 54.)Thomas AlHs, 1844, wrote :— Ottts hrachyotus.—Short-eared Owl—By no means uncommon inthe autumnal months, especially in cultivated fields ; but this species isalso rare in the Halifax district. A. Strickland says he has severaltimes met with this bird in considerable numbers when shooting amongturnips in autumn, and that a few are shot every y
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . SHORT-EARED OWL. 297 visits us in October, and retires early in the spring, like theWoodcock. . Known by the name of Mouse Hawk andWoodcock Owl. (Foxs Synopsis, p. 54.)Thomas AlHs, 1844, wrote :— Ottts hrachyotus.—Short-eared Owl—By no means uncommon inthe autumnal months, especially in cultivated fields ; but this species isalso rare in the Halifax district. A. Strickland says he has severaltimes met with this bird in considerable numbers when shooting amongturnips in autumn, and that a few are shot every year at that season ;from being met with in autumn, it is called Woodcock Owl, under theidea that it comes over with that bird, but, as they are found to breedon the moors to the north, and are not observed as a winter resident,he strongly suspects that the groups met with in autumn are in theact of leaving us, and not arriving, as is also observed with the RingOuzel.* The Short-eared Owl is an annual immigrant from thenorth, arriving on our coast line from the first week
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