Class II. LON G E A RED OWL. 203 



Perch'd on the roof the bird of night complains, 

 In lengthen'd Ihrieks, and dire funereal ftrains. 

 In fize it is ahnoft equal to an eagle. Irides 

 bright yellow : head and whole body finely varied 

 with lines, fpots and fpecks of black, brown, ci- 

 nereous, and ferruginous. Wings long : tail Ihort, 

 marked with dufky bars. Legs thick, covered to 

 the very end of the toes with a clofe and full down 

 of a teftaceous color. Claws great, much hook- 

 ed and dulky. 



EARED OWLS. 



L'Hlbou cornu. ^^/o«^x'. 136. Horn-uggla. Faun. Suec. 65. Long 



Gefnera^. 635. fp- 1^- Eared. 



Alio, feu Otus. Aldr. av. I. 265 . Haffelquijl ittn. 233. 



The Horn Owl. Wil. orn. 100. Horn Ugle. Brunnich 16. 



Raiifyn. anj. 25. Horn-eule. Kram, 7^21. 



Noclua aurita. Sib. Scot. 14. Br. Zool. Plate 4. f. i. PL 



Strixotus. Lin.fyjt, 132. Enl. 29. 473. 



Le moyen Due ou le Hibou. Mala Sova. Scopoh No. 9. 



Bril/hn av. I. 486, Hift. Rothe Kautzlein. Frifch I. 



d'Oys. I. 342, 99- 



THIS fpecies is found, though not frequent- 

 ly, in the north of England., in Chefrjire and 

 JVales. The weight of the female, according to Descrip. 

 ^r. Willughhy (for we never had opportunity, of 

 veighing it) is ten ounces: the length fourteen 

 inches and a half: the breadth three feet four 

 P 2 inches : 



