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RAPTORES. 



STRKHD^E. 



STRIGID&. 



THE TAWNY OWL. 



Striie stridula, Tawny Owl, 



Ulula 

 Syrnium alttco 



Ivy 

 Tawny 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 266. 



MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



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



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 57. 



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

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 93. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. v. 

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



The head without tufts. Bill slightly bend- 

 ing 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. 



MOST of the various systematic names by which this Owl 

 has been designated are here brought together in one view, 



SYRNIUM. Generic Characters. 



