124 STRIGID A. 
RAPTORES. STRIGIDE. 
LONG-EARED OWL. 
Otus vulgaris. 
Strix otus, Long-cared Owl, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 258. 
Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
Bat come eer 46 » Bewickx, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 60. 
Otus vulgaris, Long-horn sa Fem. Brit. An. p. 56. 
Long-eared ,,  SExBy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 85. 
Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 91. 
Gov p, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 
9 99 39 29 
29 bh) 
3° ey) Le) 2° 
°9 99 by) 35. 
Strix otus, Hibou moyen duc, TEmmM. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 102. 
Orus. Generic characters—Head furnished with two tufts, more or less 
elongated. Beak curved bending from the base ; cere large ; under mandible 
notched. Nostrils oval, oblique. Facial disk complete. Auditory opening 
large, covered by an operculum. Wings long; the second quill-feather gene- 
rally the longest. Legs and toes feathered to the claws. 
Tue Lonc-rarep Owl, from the variety and beauty of 
the markings on its plumage, is a very handsome species, 
