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, We may reserve the name of 



Ulula, Cuv. 



Or the Howlers, for those species which have the beak and ears of 

 the Otus, but not the horns. There are none such in France, but 

 they are to be found in the north of both continents, viz. 



Str. laponica, Gm. Almost as large as the Grand Due of 

 France ', above, grey and brown mixed, whitish ; longitudinal 

 brown grey spots beneath. Inhabits the mountains in the north 

 of Sweden. (1) 



StriXj Savigny. 



The ear as large as in Otus, furnished with a still larger opercu- 

 lum ; but the elongated beak is only curved near the end, while in all 

 the other subgenera it is arcuated from the point. They have no 

 horns j their tarsi are feathered, but they have only hairs on the toes. 

 The mask formed by the fringed feathers, which surround the eyes, 

 has a greater extent, and renders their physiognomy more singular 

 than that of any other nocturnal bird. 



The species common in France, Str. flammea, L. j Enl. 440 ; 

 Frisch, Ixxxxvii, Naum. 47, 2, appears to be diffused over the 

 whole globe. The back is shaded with a fawn and an ash co- 

 lour, or brown, prettily picked in with white points, each of 

 which is enclosed by two black ones j the belly is sometimes 

 white, sometimes fawn coloured, with or without brown spots. 

 It builds in steeples, towers, Bcc, and is particularly considered 

 by the vulgar as a bird of ill omen. (2) 



Syrnium, Savigny. 



The mask and collerette of the preceding ; but the conch is re- 

 duced to an oval cavity which does not extend to half the height of 

 the cranium j they have no aigrettes, and the feet are feathered down 

 to the nails. 



Str. aluco and stridula, L. ; Chat-huant,. Chotiette desbois^ ^c. 



Col. 56, or Str. maculosa, Vieill. Gal. 23. The Hibou a gros bee, (Str. macrorhyn- 

 chos, T. ) Col. 62. The Hibou d joues blanches, {Str. leucotis, T. ) Col. 6. The 

 Yellow-cheeked Owl, {Sir. otus,) Wils. VI, li, 3, differs from the Otus of Europe. 

 The Spotted Oivl of .America, {Str. mevia. Lath. ) Wils. Ill, xix, 1, of which the Str. 

 usio, Id. IV, xlii, 1, is probably the young bird, or the female. 



(1) Add the Chouette grisedu Canada, {Str. nebulosa, Gm.) Vieill. 17, Wils. IV, 

 xxxiii, 2. 



(2) Add Str. badia, T. Col. 54. N- B. The Chouette a queue fourchue du Bre- 

 sil. Col. 432, does not appear to differ from the Str. Jlammea, except in the varia- 

 tion caused by stuffing. 



