208 



TAWNY OWL. 



LAS 



S 11. 



Z E, 



jedled (tuft. Some owls will, when they are fatis- 

 fied, like dogs, hide the remainder of their meat. 



The elegant plumage of this bird makes amends 

 for the uncouthnefs of its form : a circle of foft 

 white feathers furround the eyes. The upper part 

 of the body, the coverts and fecondary feathers of 

 the wings are of a fine pale yellow : on each fide 

 the (hafts are two grey and two white fpots placed 

 alternate : the exterior fides of the quil feathers are 

 yellow ; the interior white, marked on each fide 

 with four black fpots : the lower fide of the body 

 is wholly white : the interior fides of the feathers 

 of the tail are white; the exterior marked with 

 fome obfcure duiky bars : the legs are feathered 

 to the feet: the feet are covered with fhort hairs: 

 the edge of the middle claw is ferrated. The ufual 

 weight of this fpecies is eleven ounces : its length 

 fourteen inches : its breadth three feet. 



68. Tawny 

 Owl. 



Ulula. Gefner anj. *]"]%* 

 Strix. Alar. a'v. I. 285. 

 Common brown or ivy Cwl. 

 ^F/7. 0)/:. 102. 



Rail fyn. av. 



25. 



Le Chat huant. Brijfon a-j. 



I. 500. Hijf. d'O^s. 



I. 362. 

 Strige. Xinany ico. ScoJ:o- 



ii. No. 12. 



Strix ftriaula. Lin. JyJ}. 133. 

 Skrik uggla. Faun. Siiec. jj. 

 Strix Orientalis. HaJJelquiji itin. 



233- 

 Nacht Eule, Gemeine. Kram. 



324- 

 Eraune-Eule, or Stock-Eule } 



Frifch, I. 96. 

 Nat U^le. Brunnich, 18. 

 Br. Zool. 72. plate B. 3. P/. Enl 



437- 



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HIS is the Strix of Aldrcva-ndtis, what we call 

 the Screech Owl-, to which the folly of fu- 



perftition 



