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We may reserve the name of 
Uuuta, Cuv. 
Or the Howlers, for those species which have the beak and ears of 
the Otus, but not the horns. There are none such in Irance, but 
they are to be found in the north of both continents, viz. 
Str. laponica, Gm. Almost 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 Sweden.(1) 
Strix, Savigny. 
The ear as large as in Otus, furnished with a still larger opercu- 
lum ; but the elongated beak is only curved near the end, while in all 
the other subgenera it is arcuated from the point. They have no 
horns ; their tarsi are feathered, but they have only hairs on the toes. 
The mask formed by the fringed feathers, which surround the eyes, 
has a greater extent, and renders their physiognomy more singular 
than that of any other nocturnal bird. 
_ The species common in France, Str. flammea, L.; Enl. 440 ; 
Frisch, Ixxxxvii, Naum. 47, 2, appears to be diffused over the 
whole globe. The back is shaded with a fawn and an ash co- 
lour, or brown, prettily picked in with white points, each of 
which is enclosed by two black ones; the belly is sometimes 
white, sometimes fawn coloured, with or without brown spots. 
It builds in steeples, towers, &c., and is particularly considered 
by the vulgar as a bird of ill omen.(2) 
Syrnium, Savigny. 
The mask and collerette of the preceding ; but the conch Is re- 
duced to an oval cavity which does not extend to half the height of 
the cranium ; they have no aigrettes, and the feet are feathered down 
to the nails. 
Str. aluco and stridula, L.; Chat-huant, Chouette des bois, &c.3 
Col. 56, or Str. maculosa, Vieill. Gal. 23.—The Hibou @ gros bec, (Str. macrorhyn- 
“ chos, T.) Col. 62.—The Hibou a2 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 Str. 
asio, Id. 1V, xhi, 1, is probably the young bird, or the female. 
(1) Add the Chouetie grise du Canada, (Str. nebulosa, Gm.) Vieill. 17, Wils. IV, 
" Xxxiii, 2. ! 
(2) Add Str. badia, T. Col. 54.—N.B. The Chouette d queue fourchue du Bré- 
sil, Col. 432, does not appear to differ from the Str. flammea, exceptin the varia- 
tion caused by stuffing. 
