Plate CXXI. Male and Female.
Tail rather long, moderately rounded; plumage white; head and back
spotted; wings, tail, and lower parts barred with dusky brown. Young
pure white. Individuals vary much in markings.
_Male_, 21, 53. _Female_, 26, 65.
From South Carolina on the east, and Columbia River on the west,
northward. Migratory.
Snowy Owl, Strix nyctea, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 116.
Snowy Owl, Strix nyctea, Aud. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 135: v. v.
p. 382.