ClafsII. LONG EARED OWL. 155 



Genus IL OWL S. 



EARED OWLS. 



Species L The LONG EARED OWL. 



L'Hibou cornu. Belon av. 136. Le moyen Due ou le Hibou. 



Gefner an). 635. Briffon av, i. 486. 



Aiio, feu- otus. Jldr. a<v. \. 265. Horn-uggla. Faun.Suec. fp. 7I, 



The horn Owl. Wil.orn, xoo, Haffelquiji itin. Z':,'^. 



Raiifyn. a^v^ 25. Horn Ugle. Brunmch 16. 



Noftua aurita. Sib. Scot, i^, Horn-eule. ^raw;. 323. 



Strixotus. Lin./yfi* 132. Br. Zool. Plate B. 4. f. i. 



THIS fpecies is found, though not frequently, 

 in the north of England^ in Chejhire and in 

 Wales : the weight of the female, according to Mr. Defo 

 JVilloughby^ (for we never had opportunity of weigh- 

 ing it) is ten ounces : the length fourteen inches and 

 a half: the breadth three feet four inches : the if ides 

 are of a bright yellow : the bill black : the circle of 

 feathers furrounding the eyes is whine tipt with reddifh. 

 and dufky fpots, and the part next the bill black : the 

 breafl and belly are of a dull yellow, marked with 

 flender brown ftrokes pointing downwards : the thighs 

 and vent feathers of the fame color, but unfpotted. 

 The back and coverts of the wings are varied with 

 deep brown and yellow : the quil feathers of the 

 fame color, but near the ends of the outmoft is a 

 broad bar of red : the tail is marked with dufky and 

 reddifh bars, but beneath appears afli colored : the 



M 2 horns 



