OWL. 355 



56— BARN WHITE OWL. 



Strlx flanimea, Ind. Orn.'u 60. Lin.i. 133. Faun. Suec.'!>! o.73. Gm. Lin.\. 293. 



Midler. ^.\\. Borowsk.'n. IQ. Daud.xi. \Q7. Bechst. DetUsch.u. Zb9. Dec. 



nw.ii. 14-2. 5/iau''* Zoo/, vii. 258. pi. 33. Tern. Man. d'Orn. -p.^l- Id. Ed. ii., 



p. 92. 

 Aluco, jBm.i. 503. /<f. 8vo. 147. Raii,2b. A.l. Brun. p. 17. Klein. Jv. 66. Id. 



Stem. 1. 10. f.3. a. b. Cerin. t.91. 92. var. Zinnan. Uov. 99. t. 16. f. 85. 

 Aluco minor Aldr. JFill. 67, 1. 13. Schcef. el. Orn: t. 64. 

 Effraie, ou Fresaie, Buf. \. 366. pi. 26. PI. enl. 440. Hist. Prov. i. 339. Levail. Ois. 



i. 164. Vol/. d'Azara, iii. No. 46. 

 Sclever Eule, Perle Eule, Frisch.t.Ql. Kramer. 2f2.A. 5. Wirsing.Vog. s.AQ. 

 Tuidara, Blare. Bras. 205. 

 White Owl, Bam Owl, Gen. %?!. i. 138, Id. Sup. 46. Id. Sup. ii. 60. Br.Zool.'No. 



67. Id.fol. 71. t.VS. Id. Ed. 1812. i. Tp. 263. Jrcf. Zoo/, ii. No, 124. Hist: 



Whitf. Sf Holyw. pi. in p. 146. Will. Engl. 104. pi. 13. Alb.ii: pi. 11. Bewick, 



i. pi. p. 51. Leivin^s Birds, i. pi. 26. Id. Eggs, pi. iv. f. 2. JValcot.i. pi. 26i 



J)onov, Birds, \. 1. 113. Orn. Diet. &j- Sup, Graves's Br. Orn. Amer. Orn.\i. 



p. 57. pi. 50. f.2. 



THE usual weight of this species is 11 ounces; length 14 in.; 

 breadth 3 feet. Bill pale ; iricles dark ; circle round the face white, 

 close to the ejes yellowish ; vipper parts of the body, wing coverts, 

 and secondaries pale yellow ; on each side of the shafts two grey, 

 and two white spots, placed alternate ; outside of the quills yellow, 

 inner white, marked on each side with four black spots ; beneath 

 wholly white ; interior side of the tail feathers white, the exteriw' 

 marked with obscure dusky bars ; legs feathered to the feet, which 

 are covered with short hairs ; edge of the middle claw serrated. 



This species, with some variation from climate, inhabits at least 



three quarters of the globe ; it is very common in most of the 



European countries, and in none we believe more so than in this 



kingdom, the manners being known to every farmer, whose bams 



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