2o6 W H I T E O W L. Class II. 



wards: the thighs, legs and toes, are covered 

 with plain yellow feathers ; the quill- feathers 

 are dufky, barred with red : the tail is of a very 

 deep brown, adorned on each fide the fhaft of 

 the four middle feathers with a yellow circle 

 which contains a brown fpot : the tip of the tail is 

 white. 



The other European horn owl, the little horn ow), 

 Scops or Petit Due of M, de Biiffon^ I. ^sZy ^^ ^"' 

 known in Great Britain, 



OWLS WITH SMOOTH HEADS, 



€j, V/hite. Belon av, 143*. Le petit Chat-huant. BriJ/on 



Aluco minor. Aldr. av. I. ^ av.l, <;o3. 



272. Allocco. Zinan. 99. 



Gommon barn, white, or Strix flammea. Lin.Jyft, 133. 



church Owl, Howlet, Faun. Suec. 73. 



madge Howlet, Gillihow- Br, Zooh 71. plate B. PL 



ter. IFiL orn, 104. Enl. 474. 



Raiijyn, av. 2^. L'ElFraie. Hiji, ti'OisA. 366. 



Pcrl-Eule. Fri/cb. I. ^7. 



THIS fpecies is almofl domeftic : inhabiting 

 for the greateft part of the year, barns, 



• This refers only lo the figure, for his defcription means 

 the Coat/nchr* 



haylofts. 



