WOOD OWL. 



Strix sylvatica. S.ferrugineo sett griseo-fusca nigra varia, tec- 



tricibus albo maculatis, oculis gtaucis. 

 Ferruginous- brown or Grey-brown Owl, with the wing-coverts 



spotted with white, and glaucous eyes. 

 Strix Stridula ? S. capite Iccvi, corpore ferrugineo, remige teriia 



longiore. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Le Chathuant. Buff, ois. 

 Strix Aldrovandi. Raii. syn. p. 15. 

 Common Brown or Ivy Owl. Will. orn. 

 Braune, oder stock Eule. Frisck t. §6. 

 Gelblicke oder brand Eule. Frisch t. g5. 

 Tawny Owl. Venn. Brit. Zool. edit.fol. 

 Brown Owl. Albin I . pi. Q. 

 Tawny Owl. Lath. syn. 

 Strix Ulula ? S. capite Icevi, corpore supra fusco albo maculato, 



rectricibus fasciis linearibus albis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Great Brown Owl. Albin 3. pi. J. 

 Grey Owl. Will. orn. 

 Brown Owl. Venn. Brit. Zool. edit.fol. 

 Strix Aluco ? Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 La Hulote ? Briss. av. 1 . p. 50J. 



It will be perceived that I haye given to the 

 present species, which is a very common inhabitant 

 of our own country, a name different from those 

 by which it has been distinguished by Mr. Pennant. 

 A sufficient reason for this change is, that the 

 Brown Owl and Taw?ty Owl of Mr. Pennant are 

 now pretty well understood to be no other than 

 the male and female of the same species, differing 

 merely in the cast of their colours, the one having 

 more of a grey and the other of a ferruginous tinge 



