208 
Giver. 
68. Tawny 
OwL. 
TAWNY OWL. 
jected fluff. Some owls will, when they are fatis- 
fied, like dogs, hide the remainder of their meat. 
The elegant plumage of this bird makes amends 
for the uncouthnefs of its form: a circle of foft 
white feathers furround the eyes. The upper part 
of the body, the coverts and fecondary feathers of 
the wings are of a fine pale yellow: on each fide 
the fhafts are two grey and two white fpots placed 
alternate: the exterior fides of the quil feathers are 
yellow; the interior white, marked on each fide 
with four black {pots: the lower fide of the body 
is wholly white: the interior fides of the feathers 
of the tail are white; the exterior marked with 
fome obfcure dufky bars: the legs are feathered 
to the feet: the feet are covered with fhort hairs: 
the edge of the middle claw is ferrated.' The ufual 
weight of this {pecies is eleven ounces: its length 
fourteen inches: its breadth three feet. 
Ulula. Gefner av. 
ee 4) 7. 
Strix. 41LG7. 
Strix ftridula. Lin. fpf. 133. 
av. I, Z 
Crass If. 
5° 
Common brown or ivy Owl. 
Wil. orn. 102. 
Rai fyn. av. 25. 
Le Chat huant. Brifor av. 
Skrik uggla. Faux. Suec. 77. 
Strix Orientalis. Hafelguift itin. 
252), 
Nacht Eule, Gemeine. Kram. 
324. 
I. 500. Hift. d’Oys. Braune-Eule, or Stock-Eule? 
I... 362: Fri/ch, I. 96. 
Strige. Zizan, 100. Scopo- Nat Ugle. Brunnich, 18. 
li, No. 12 Br. Zocl. 72. plate B. 3. Pl. Enl. 
A 
437: 
HIS is the Strix of Aldrovandus, what we call 
the Screech Owl; 
to which the folly of fu- 
perftition 
— ee 
