TAWNY OWL. 



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RAPTORES. 



STRIGIDM. 



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THE TAWNY OWL. 



Strix stridula, Tawny Owl, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 266. 



„ „ ,, „ Mont, Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 67. 



,, ,, Ivy ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 57. 



Ulula ,, Tawny ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 102. 



Syrnium aluco, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert, p, 93, 



,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt, v. 



,, ,, Chouette hulotte, Temm, Man, d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 



89, 



SvRNiuM. Generic Characters. — The head without tufts. Bill slightly 

 bending from the base. Nostrils large. Facial disk large and complete ; 

 auditory opening large, defended by an operculum. Wings short and rounded ; 

 the first quill-feather very short, the fourth the longest. Tail long, concave 

 beneath. Legs and toes feathered ; claws curved, long, and sharp, 



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