RAPTORES. 



STRIGID.E. 



STRIGID.i:. 



THE WHITE, OR BARN OWL. 



StriTjiammea, White Oicl, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 263. 



,, ,, ,, ,, ftloNT. Ornith, Diet. 



,, ,, Yellow ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 65. 



Alucojiummeus, Barn ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 57. 



Strix Jiam7nea, Barn, or White Owl, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 99. 



,, White Owl, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 92. 



,, ,, Barn ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 



,, ,, Chouette effraie, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 91. 



Strix. Generic Characters. — Head smooth, not furnished with tufts. Beak 

 straight at the base, considerably curved towards the point ; cutting margin of 

 the upper mandible nearly straight, under mandible notched. Nostrils oval, 

 oblique. Facial disk large and comjjlete. Auditory opening large, and fur- 

 nished with an operculum. Wings long and ample ; the second quill-feather 



