258 



LONG EARED OWL. Class IL 



2. Long 

 Eared. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



StrixOtus. S. capite aurlto pen- 



nis senis. Lath. Ind. orn. 53. 



id. Syn. i. 121. id. Sup. i. 



42. 

 L'Hibou cornu. Belon av. 136. 

 Gesner av. 635. 

 Asio, seu Otus. Aldr. av. i. 



265. 

 The Horn Owl. Wil. orn.lQO. 

 Rail Syn. av. 25. 

 !Noctua aurita. Sil. Scot. 14. 

 Strix otus. Gm. Lin. 286. 

 Le moyen Due ou le Hibou. 



Brisson av. i. 486. Hist. 



dois. i. 342. Tab. 23. 

 Horn-uggla. Faun. Suec. sp, 



71- 

 Hasselquist itin. 233. 

 Horn Ugle. Brunnich l6. 

 Horn-eule. Kram. 323. 

 Mala Sova. Scopoli, No. Q. 

 Rothe Kautzlein. Frisch, i. 



99- 

 Br. Zod. Plate 4. f. 1. Arct. 

 Zool. i. 264. 



XHIS species is found, though not frequently, 

 in the north of England, in Cheshire and in 

 TVales. The weight* of the female, according 

 to Mr. JVillughbij (for we never had an oppor- 

 tunity of weighing it) is ten ounces : the length 

 fourteen inches and a half: the breadth three 

 feet four inches. The irides are of a bright 

 yellow; the bill black; the circle of feathers 

 surrounding the eyes is white tipt with reddish 



* In one I weighed of eight ounces and an half only, the 

 length was twelve inches and an half, the breadth two feet ; this 

 was a male. It is not an uncommon species, and remains with 

 us throughout the year. The eared tuft is composed of nine fea- 

 thers each, of which the front one is the shortest, and the fifth 

 the longest. A nest of this species was found in a tree covered 

 with ivy, which contained three white eggs. Mr. Hutchins in- 

 formed me they are common at Hudson s Bay. J. L. 



