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RAPACES. STRIX. SmoorH-HEADED OwLs. 
They are the only individuals of this species hitherto ta- 
ken, or, I believe, seen in England, and are now in my 
collection. 
From the number of bars and black spots upon the head> 
back, scapulars, wings, and belly of the female, it ap- 
pears to be a young bird. Its dimensions, when recent 
ly killed, were as follows. Length from the tip of the 
bill to the end of the tail two feet one inch. Breadth 
with extended wings, five feet. The male is of inferior 
size, and is much whiter than the female. 
Both these birds were killed upon the open moor, in a 
wild and rocky part of the county, and, according to 
description, were generally seen, during the few days 
that intervened between their first appearance and death, 
perched upon the snow, or on some large stone pro- 
jecting from it. 
The female, which was sent to me immediately after being 
shot, was dissected and preserved at home. She was in 
excellent condition, and was covered entirely under the 
skin with a layer of fat, nearly a quarter of an inch in 
thickness. 
Her stomach was quite empty, and did not appear to have 
contained food for a short time previous. The male 
was killed about ten days afterwards, within a few miles 
of the same place, and had lived probably during the 
interval upon the black and red grouse, which are abun- 
dant in that district. 
Barn or White Owl.—Strix Flammea, Linn. 
PLATE 24. 
Strix Flammea, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 133. 8.—Faun. Suec. No. 73.—Gmel. Syst. 
"1. p. 293.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. 60. 28.—Wils. Amer. Ornith. v. 6. p. 57. 
pl. 50. fig. 2. 
Aluco, Briss. 1. p. 503. 2.—Raii, Syn. p. 25. A. 1. 
Aluco minor Aldrov. Will. p. 67. t. 13. 
Chouette Effraie, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 91. 
L’Effraie ou le Fresaie, Buff. Ois. v. 1. p. 366. t. 26. 
