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WHITE, OR BARN OWL. 135 
RAPTORES. STRIGIDA. 
THE WHITE, orn BARN OWL. 
Stria flammea. 
Strix flammea, White Owl, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 263. 
% o 5 " Monvracu, Ornith Dict. 
os os Yellow ,, Bewick. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 65. 
Aluco fiammeus, Barn  ,, Fem. Brit. An. p. 57. 
Strix flammea, Barn, or White Owl, SeLBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 99. 
White Owl, Junyns, Brit. Vert. p. 92. 
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pe a Bun ,, Goutp, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 
s % Chouette effraie, Tamm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 91. 
Srrix. Generic Characters—Head smooth, not furnished with tufts. Beak 
straight at the base, considerably curved towards the point ; cutting margin of 
the upper mandible nearly straight, under mandible notched. Nostrils oval, 
oblique. Facial disk large and complete. Auditory opening large, and fur- 
