Crassifl. LONG EARED OWL. 
Perch’d on the roof the bird of night complains, 
In lengthen’d fhrieks, and dire funereal ftrains. 
In fize it is almoft equal to aneagle. rides 
bright yellow: head and whole body finely varied 
with lines, fpots and fpecks of black, brown, ci- 
nereous, and ferruginous. Wings long: tail fhort, 
marked with dufky bars.- Legs thick, covered to 
the very end of the toes with a clofe and full down 
of a teftaceous color. Claws great, much hook- 
ed and dufky.. 
BA ROE: DO XV is. 
L’Hibou cornu. Belon av. 136. Horn-uggla. Faun. Suec. 
Gefner av. 635. ae 
Afio, feu Otus. A/dr.av.1.265. Haffelquift itin, 233: 
The Horn Owl. Wil. oraz. 100. Horn Ugle. Brunnich 16, 
Raii fyn. av. 25. Horn-eule. Kram. 323. 
Noétua aurita. $76. Scot. 14. Br. Zool. Plate 4. f. 1. PU, 
Strix otus.- Lin. /y/?. 132. Enl, 26. 47 3 
Le moyen Duc ou le Hibou. Mala Sova. Scopol No. 9. | 
Brifon av. 1. 486. Hif?. Rothe Kautzlein. Fri/ch I. 
A Oyse I, 342. 99. 
FIIS fpecies is found, though not frequent- 
ly, in the north of England, in Chefbire and 
in Wales. The weight of the female, according to 
Mr. Willughby (for we never had opportunity of 
weighing it) is. ten ounces: the length fourteen 
inches and a half: the breadth three feet four 
Pe inches : 
203 
65. Lowe 
EaReED. 
DeEscrip. 
