1. STRIX. 



291 



brown; upper surface generally orange- 

 buff, spotted with white and veriniculated 

 with grey or brown. 

 a". Size small ; wing not exceeding 13-5 inches ; 

 bars on wing and tail foui-, more rarely 



in o'^*^ \ '. ■ Jlammea and allies 



b . bize large; wing 13-8-1.5-2 inches ; bars pp. 291-298 

 on wing seven to eight, on tail six to 



®io^t • • • not-ai hollandice, p. 303. 



o . Lreneral colour above and below greyish 

 brown, the under surface ban-ed and spotted 



h TT.."^'*^ ^^'^^ •••;••••, tenebricosa, p. 306. 



0. Upper surface uniform brown, with spots of 

 white. 

 c'. Middle tail-feathers uniform brown; pri- 

 maries not barred below capensis p 307 



d'. Middle tail-feathers orange or white, barred ' 



across with brown ; primaries ban-ed with 

 brown below Candida, p. 308. 



1. Strix flammea. 



The Common Barn-Owl or White Owl, AlUn, N. H. Birds, ii. pi xi 

 Le petit Chat-huant, Briss. Orn. i. p. 503 , F . ^i. 



Strix flammea, Linn S N. i p. 133 ; 3Ieyer u. Wolf, Vog. Deutschl. 



^^•.. P- 1 o5'/^f • i'"- ^'''l-7'- P,; ^1' P^- ''^- fi»- 2 : ^'i'^ill- Faun. 

 ^T«liP^- ^tf^-l:^ ^"""'- ^^''"- '^^"'- i- P- 91 ; Ma.v. Beis. Bras. 

 11. 1821, p. 265 ; Naum.Voff. Deutschl. i. p. 483, pi. 47. fig. 2 ; Boux, 

 Orn Prov. p s 54, 5o ; Werner, Atlas, Rapaces, pi. 36 ; Brehm, Vog. 

 Deutschl.^. lOG ; Less. Trnite, p. 112 ; Audub. B. Amer. pi. clxxi • 



Voff. Eitr. Taf 46 ; Macgdl. Brit. B. lii. p. 473 ; Nordm. in Bemid. 

 Voy. Bussie Merul. in. p. 110 ; Bears. J. A. S. B. x. p. 630 ; Darto 

 T oy Beagle, Birds, ipS-L ; Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 127 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 

 I I' P^'if- \ ^ l^^^^»W- ^- ^'-'l- i- P- 92 ; Blyth, Cat.B. Mus. A. 

 rr F.b ^P- ^°^^P- ^- P- ^^5 ^«''A Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 118- 

 Horsf. i^-^Moore, Cat.B. Mus. B. I. Co. i. p. 81 ; Hartl. Orn.Westafr. 

 p. 21 ■,Scia. fog. Aederl. pi. 41 ; StrtcM. Orn. Syn. p. 178; Heicits 

 Eggs Brit. B. i p. 61, pi. xviii. fig. 1 ; Sundev. Sv. Fogl. p. 18l! 

 pi. IxxK fig. 1 ■,Fritsch, Vog. Eur. tab. ii. fig. 4 ; Jaub. 8,- BaJi.-Lap. 

 Bich. Orn. p. 8b; Goxdd, B. Gt. Br. i. pi. xxviii. ; Sclil. Mus P-B 

 Striges, p. 1 ; Mtvt. Ooth. Wolley. p. 152 ; Scl. Ibis, 1864, p. 307 • 

 Pelz Reis. Nov. Vog. p. 29 ; Begl. ^- Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 133 • 

 Loche, Expl. Sci Alger. Ois. i. p. 91 ; Schl. ^- Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois! 

 p. 48 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 52 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr i p 124 • 

 Mien Bull. Hcirv Coll. ii. p. 341 ; Godman, Azores, p. 22 ; Fimch & 

 Hartl Vog. Ostafr. p. Ill ; Baird, ed. Cooper's B. Calif, p. 415 • 

 Salvad Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 27 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 10, 400 -Sol &■ 

 Salv. Aotnencl. Av. Neotr. p. 116; Sharpe, ed. Layard, B. 's. Afr 

 p. o2. •' 



Strix alba. Scop. Ann. i. p. 2. 



L'Eflraye on La Fresave, Buff. PI. Enl. i. pi 440 



Strix javanica, Gm. S. N. i. p. 295 ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. x. p 85 • 

 Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 41, pi. 15 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xix. p. 513 ; Bp 

 Consp 1. p. 55 ; Horsf. S>- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. 7. Co i p 8^ ^ 

 Stnckl. Orn. Syn. p. 180; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 117 ; Wall. Ihis,\%^, 



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