15S TAWNY owl; Clafs it. 



body, the coverts andfecondary feathersof the wings 

 are of a fine pale yellow : on each fide the fnafts are 

 two grey and two white fpots placed alternate : the 

 ' exterior fides of the quil feathers are yellov/ ; the in- 

 terior white, marked on each fide with four black 

 fpots : the lower fide of the body is wholly white : 

 the interior fides of the feathers of the tail are white t 

 the exterior marked v/ith 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 fer- 

 rated : the ufual weight of this fpecies is eleven 

 ounces : its length fourteen inches : its breadth three 

 feet. 



IV. The TAWNY OWL. 



\J\nlz. Ge/xer a'v. yy^, Strix ftridula. Lin.j^J. j^^, 



Strix. J/dr. a--v. i. 285. Skrik uggla. Faun. Suec. jj. 



Common brown or ivy Owl. Strix Orientalis, Hajelquijl itin, 



Wil. orn. 102. 213. 



Raiifyn. anj. 25. Nacht Eule, Gemeine. Kram, 



Le Chat huant. BriJJon av, \. 324. 



5 GO. _ Nat Ugle. Brunnich 18. 



Strige, Zina7z 100, Br. Zool. "jz. place B. 3. 



Pefcr. ^'1^ H E female of this fpecies weighs nineteen 

 -L ounces : the length is fourteen inches : the 

 breadth two feet eight inches : the irides are dusky : 

 the ears in this, as in all owls, very large ; and their 

 . fenfe of hearing very exquifite. The color of this 

 kind is fuiHcient to diftinguifh it from every other : 

 that of the back, head, coverts of the wings, and on 

 the fcapular feathers, being a fine tawny red, ele- 

 gantly jpotted and powdered with black or dusky 

 fpots of various lizes : on the covertg of the wings, 

 ^ and 



