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 KAPTORES. 



STRIGIDJE. 



STRIGID^. 



THE WHITE, OR BARN OWL. 



Strix flammea. 



Strix fiammea, White Owl, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 263. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Alucoflammeus, Barn FLEM. Brit. An. p. 57. 

 Strix flammea, Barn, or White Owl, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 99. 



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



Barn GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



lie, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 91. 



STRIX. Generic CJiaracters. 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 complete. Auditory opening 



