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24 BVBO IGNAVVS. the eagle owl. 



Only a few instances remain on record of 

 this bird being found in Britain ; these have 

 been in Scotland, in Yorkshire, and in Sussex. 

 I do not profess to he minutely acquainted 

 with the generic differences of this bird, having 

 only once seen it, but it is certainly diHerent 

 from the Otits. Independently whereof, we 

 have the authority of the antients for regarding 

 it as a distinct genus. 



25 OTVS ASIO. HORN OWL. 



This is the Horn Owl of Albin, ii. t. 10. and 

 of Willoughby. But the common name is 

 Long-eared OivL The Sti^ix Otus of Linnaeus. 



Fig. Bewick Birds, p. 84. 



26 OTVS MICROCEPHALVS. 



SMALLHEADED HORN OWL. 



This is distinguishable for the smallness of 

 its head. It is called Brachyopus by Linnaeus. 



Fig. Bewick's Birds, p. 86, where, how- 

 ever, the smallness of the head is not enough 

 expressed. 



27 STRIX FLAMMEA. white owl. 



This is the Common Barn Owl, so nu- 

 merous almost every where. The Aluco Minor 

 of Aldrovandus, and V Effraie of BufFon. 



This species appears to me to vary less than 

 any other. 



Bewick's Birds, p. 89. 



28 STRIX STRIDVLA. screech owl. 



/3 The Black Owl. -y The Brown Owl. 

 The Grey Owl, a variety taken near Frant in 



