536 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Owl. 



S. flammea. Lath. ind. orn. i. <5o. n. 28. — Aluco. Briff. orn. 147. n. 2. — Aluco minor. Aldr. 

 orn. i. 536. f. p. 538. Raj. av. 25. A. 1. Brun. orn. 17. — Ulula altera. Gefn. av. 775. — Alloco. 

 Zinnan. uov. 99. t. 16. f. 85. — Tuidara. Marcgr. braf. 205. — Effraie, Frefaie. Buff. oif. i. 366. 

 t. 26. PI. enl. n. 440. 474. — Schlefer Eule, Perl Eule. Frifch, av. t. 97 Barn Owl. Clayton, vir- 

 gin. Phil, tranf. iii. 589. — Common barn Owl, or White Owl. "Will. orn. 104. t. 13. — "White 

 Owl. Brit. zool. n. 67. Arft. zool. ii. 235. n. 124. Albin, av. ii. t. 11. Lewin, brit. b. 1. 1. 26. 

 Lath. fyn. i. 138. n. 26. fup. 46. 



Inhabits Europe, America, and Northern Afia. — Is fourteen inches long, and weighs eleven ounces; 

 this fpecies is held facred by the Monguls : The bill is white ; the hides are dufky ; the tail feathers 

 are white on their inner webs, having obfcure dufky bars on their outer webs ; the pale yellow fea- 

 thers of the head, back, and wing coverts have each two grey and two white fpots placed alternately 

 on each web ; the legs are feathered, and the feet are covered with fhort hairs. 



239 3$. Screech Owl. — ■■ji. Strix Jlridula. 9. 



The body is of a tawny or rufty colour, fpotted and powdered with dufky ; the third 

 wing quill is longer than the reft. Scop. an. i. 22. n. 12. 



S. Stridula. Lath. ind. orn. i. 58. n. 25. — Strix* Gefn. av. 738. Aldr. orn. 56*1. f. p. 563,. 

 Raj. av. 25. Briff. av. i. 500. — Strix orientalis. Haffelqu. it. 233. — Chat-huant* Buff. oif. i. 362. 

 t. 25. PI. enl. n. 437. — Strige. Zinnan. uov. 100. t. 16. f. 89. — SkrikUggla. Faun. fuec. n. 77. — 

 Braune oder ftock Eule, Gelbliche oder braune Eule. Frifch, av. t. 95. 96. — Ivy Owl, or Com* 

 mon brown Owl. Will. orn. 102. t. 14. — Tawny Owl. Brit. zool. n. 68. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 27. 

 Arc!:, zool. ii. 237. b. Lath. fyn. i. 139. n. 27. 



Inhabits Europe, and Tartary, perhaps likewife in Hudfon's Bay.: — Is fifteen inches long, and 

 weighs nineteen ounces ; the breaft and belly are yellowifh, mixed with white, and ftreaked longi- 

 tudinally with dulky ; the tail is blotched, barred, and fpotted with black and pale rufty ; the hides 

 are dufky ; the legs, feet, and toes are feathered to the claws. 



240 36. Brown Owl. — 32. Strix Ulula. 10. 



The body is brown above, with white fpots j the tail quills are marked with very nar- 

 row white bars. Faun. fuec. n. 78. Nozem. vog. t. 33. 34. 

 S. Ulula. Lath. ind. orn. i. 60. n. 23. — Nottua major. Briff. av. i. 51 1. — Noftua faxatib's. Gefn. 



av. 622. Aldr. orn. i. 545 Chouette, Grand Cheveche. Buff. oif. i. 372. t. 27. PI. enl. 438. — 



Grey Owl. Will. orn. 103. — Great brown Owl. Albin. iii. t. 7. — Brown Owl. Brit zool. n. 69. 

 Arft. zool. ii. 236. n. 125. Lath. fyn. i. 140. n. 28. — Ulula flammeata, Stein Eule. Frifch, av. 

 t. 98. 



241 £. Letter Brown Owl;— 32. /3. S. Ulula minor. 

 Of a fmaller fize. 



No&ua minor aucuparia. Nozem. nederl. vog. t. 37. 



Inhabits Europe and Newfoundland.— This fpecies meafures fourteen inches long, but the Leffer 

 variety is confiderably fmaller; The head, wings, and back have black fpots ^ the fhoulders and wing 



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