TAWNY OWL. 



RAPTORES. 



THE TAWNY OWL. 



Syrnium stridula. 



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



MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



n ,, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 67. 



Ivy FLEM. Brit. An. p. 57. 



Tawny SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 102. 



Syrnium aluco JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 93. 



,> GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Chouette hulotte, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 89. 

 SYRNIUM. 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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