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ACCIPITRINE OWLS. 



GREY OWL. 



Strix Ulula. S. rufescens maculis longitudinalibus, subtus albida 



Uneolis fuscis, caudafuscofasciata, iridibus flavis. 

 Rufescent Owl, marked above with longitudinal brown spots, 



beneath whitish with small brown streaks, and yellow 



irides. 

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



redrkibtts fasciis linearibus albis. Lin. Syst, Nat. 

 LaChouette ou Grande Cheveche. Buff. ois. 

 Brown Owl ? Lath. syn. Grey Owl ? Will. orn. 



The species here intended is described by Buffo n 

 under the name of La Chouette ou Grande Cheveche. 

 It is, he observes, pretty common in France, but 

 does not frequent habitations so much as the Barn 

 or White Owl. It haunts quarries, rocks, ruins, 

 and deserted buildings. The colour of its irides, 

 which are of a bright yellow, distinguishes it from 

 the Aluco and Stridula. The difference however 

 between it and the Barn or White Owl (Effraie) is 

 more slight, since in that bird the irides are yellow 

 also*, and surrounded by a circle of small white 

 feathers : the under part of the belly is tinged with 

 yellow, and the size of the two birds is nearly the 

 same; but the present species is of a deeper colour, 

 and is marked with spots resembling small flames., 



* In the English Barn Owl they are dusky blue. 



