LONG-EARED OWL. 



PAPTORES. 



Strix otus, 



LONG-EARED OWL. 



Otus vulgaris. 



Long-eared Owl, 



Otus vulgaris, 



Strix otus, 



Long-horn 

 Long-eared 



Hibou moyen due, 



PENN. Brit, Zool. vol. i. p. 258. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 60. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 56. 



SELBT, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 85. 



JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 91. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 1 02. 

 OTUS. Generic CJiaracters. Head furnished with two tufts, more or less 

 elongated. Beak curved, bending from the base ; cere large ; under mandible 

 notched. Nostrils oval, oblique. Facial disk complete. Auditory opening 

 large, covered by an operculum. Wings long ; the second quill-feather 

 generally the longest. Legs and toes feathered to the claws. 



THE LONG-EARED OWL, from the variety and beauty 

 of the markings on its plumage, is a very handsome 



