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ACCIPITRES. 



STRIGID-E. 



STRIGlDJi. 



Strix aluco, Linnaeus*. 

 THE TAWNY OWL. 



Syni'mni stridula}. 



Strix, LiiDutusX- — l^iH ilecurved from the l):i.se. Nostrils large. Facial disk 

 large and complete; ears large and furnished in front with a large, erescentic 

 operculum, broad below and tapering above. Wings short and rounded ; the first 

 ((uill very short, the fourth the longest. Tail long, concave beneath. Legs and 

 toes feathered. Head lai-ge, round and without tufts. 



The characters and appearance of Owls are so singular 

 that once seen they are not readily forgotten. The head is 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 132 (iTtiO). 



t Stephens, (jen. Zool. xiii. part ii p. (32 (1826). 



t Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 131 (176ti) 



