Class II. WHITE OWL. 263 



** SMOOTH HEADED. 



Strixflammea. S. capite laevi, Bail Syn.'av. 25. 4. Whtte. 



corpore luteo punctis albis, Le petit Chat-huant. Brisson 



subtus albido punctis nigri- av. i. 503. 



cantibus. Lath. Ind. orn. 60. Allocco. Zinan. QQ. 



id. Syn. 138. id. Sup. i. 46. Strix flammea. Gm. Lin. 293. 



Belon av. 143.* Faun. Suec. 73. 



Aluco minor. Aldr. av. i. 272. L'Effraie. Hist. dois. i. 366. 

 Common barn,wbite,or church PL Enl. 440. 



Owl, Howlet, madge How- Perl-Eule. Frisch, i. 97. 



let, Gillihowter. Wil. orn. Br. Zool. 7 1. plate B. Arct. 



104. Zool. i. 272. 



jLHIS species is almost domestic; inhabiting 

 for the greater part of the year, barns, haylofts, 

 and other outhouses ; and is as useful in clear- 

 ing those places from mice, as the congenial 

 cat: towards twilight it quits its perch, and 

 takes a regular circuit round the fields, skim- 

 ming along the ground in quest of field mice, 

 and then returns to its usual residence : in the 

 breeding season it takes to the eaves of churches, 

 holes in lofty buildings, or hollows of trees. 

 During the time the young are in the nest, the 

 male and female alternately sally out in quest 



* This refers only to the figure, for his description means the 

 Goatsucker. 



