WHITE, OR BARN OWL. 



RAPTORES. 



THE WHITE, OR BARN OWL. 



Strix flammed. 



Stria flammea, White Owl, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 263. 



MONTAGU, Ornith Diet. 



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

 Aluco flammeus, Barn FLEM. Brit. An. p. 57. 



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



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



Barn GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 



Chouetteeffraie^-EMM.. 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 complete. Auditory opening large, and fur- 



