296 BIRDS. 
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Orus, Cuv. 
The Horned Owls, or those which have two tufts of feathers on the 
forehead, which they can erect at pleasure; the conch of whose ear ex~- 
tends in a semicircle from the bill to the top of the head, and is fur- 
nished in front with a membranous operculum. Their feet are feathered 
down to the nails. Such in Europe are the 
Sir. ascalaphus, Savig. Eg. Brit. Zool. tab. B. 3. (The Great 
Horned Owl), with short tufts. A fourth larger than the common 
‘one, and like it, fulvous spotted with brown, and vermiculated on the 
wings and back; but the belly transversely striped with narrow lines, 
and the-crests or tufts very short. It properly belongs to Africa, 
but is sometimes seen in Hurope*. 
tr. otus, L.; Moyen Duc, Buff.; Frisch, xcix; Brit. Zool. 
tab. B. iv. f.1; Naum. 45, 1. (The Common Owl). Fawn-colour- 
ed, with longitudinal brown spots on the body and underneath; wings 
and back vermiculated with brown; horns half the length of the 
head; eight or nine bands on the tail. 
Str. ulula and Str. brachyotos, Gm.; La Chouette, or Moyen Duc 
a huppes courtes, Enl. 438; Frisch, c; Naum. 45, 2; Brit. Zool. 
tab. B. iv. f. 2; Wils. IV. xxxiii. 3. As to colouring, nearly simi- 
lar to the preceding; back not reticulated, but narrow longitudinal 
lines on the belly, and four or five brown bands on the tail. The 
tufts or horns are only found on the male, and are so small and so 
seldom erected, that they have scarcely ever been remarked, and this 
bird was for a long time left among the species without tufts, and 
even formed two species. Found almost everywherey. 
We may reserve the name of 
Uxtuta, Cuv. 
Or the Howlers, for those species which have the bill and ears of the 
Otus, but not the horns. There are none of these to be found in France 
but they are to be found in the north of both continents, viz. 
Str. laponica, Gm. (The Great Grey Owlet of Lapland). Al- 
most as large as the Grand Duc of France; above, grey and brown 
mixed, whitish; longitudinal brown grey spots beneath. Inhabits 
the mountains in the north of Swedent. 
* Witness the one represented in Brit. Zool., whose figure has so much embar- 
rassed the naturalists. 
+ Add the American Owl (Str. mexicana), Gm., or Str. clamator, Vieill. Am. 20, or 
Str. longirostris, Spix, 1X, which only differs from our Common Owl in the greater 
blackness of the spots.—The Hibou tacheté du Cap (Str. africana, T.), Col. 56, or 
Str. maculosa, Vieill. Gal. 23.—The Hibou a gros bec (Str. macrorhynchos, T.), Col. 62. 
—The Hibou @ joues blanches (Str. leucotis, T.), Col. 6.—The Yellow-cheeked Owl 
(Str. Otus), Wils. VI. li. 3, differs from the Otus of Europe.—The Spotted Owl of 
America (Str. nevia, Lath.), Wils. III. xix. 1, of which the Sér. asio, Id. TV. xli. 1, 
is probably the young bird, or the female.—The Rabbit Owl (Str. cunicularia, Ch. 
Bonap.), Am. I. vii. 2. 
+ Add the Chouette grise du Canada (Str. nebulosa, Gm.), Vieill. 17, Wils. IV. 
XXX, 2. 
