O R D. I. GEN. II. O W L. 



SPE. II. CRESTED OWL. 



PI. 24. 



Strix otus. Lin. I. p. 132. 



Le moyen Due. Brif. Orn. I. p. 486. 



This fpecies Is in length fifteen inches, in breadth upwards of three feet, and 

 weighs about ten ounces. The bill is horn colour: eyes bright yellow: the 

 colour of the plumage on the upper parts orange brown, ftreaked and barred 

 with brown black : breaft, and belly, pale orange colour, marked as on the back 

 with ftreaks and fmall bars of dark brown: tail rich orange colour, barred with 

 dark brown above; under part pale grey, clouded with darker: the tufts of 

 feathers, which Hand over the eyes, confift of nine feathers in each tuft; thofe 

 which furround the face are white forwards, and dark orange colour next the 

 eyes : the legs are feathered down to the toes. 



This bird is an inhabitant of the woods throughout England; but is faid 

 to be moft plentiful in the north. It builds its neft in the hollows of trees, lays 

 four eggs, and feeds on fmall quadrupeds, and beetles and other infers. 



For the egg, fee PI. VI. Fig. i. 



