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Srrix FLamMMEA: Lin. Syft. Nat. 
Srrix FLAMMEA: Capite lavi, corpore luteo punctis albis, fubtus 
albido punctis nigricantibus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 
FT. 1. p. 66,25. 
Aluco minor. Aldr.av.1. 272. 
White Owl. Br. Zocl. 1. No. 67. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 1. p. 138. No. 26. 
Suppl. p. 46. 26. 
Common Owl, Howlet, Madge, Gillihowfter, &c. Will. Orn. 104. 
Rati Syn. av. 25. 
Alb.Vol.t1. pltte 
L’Effraie, ou Frefaie. Buff. 1. p. 366. 7. 26. 
Pl, Enl. 440. 
Le petit Chat-haunt. Brif. av. 1. 503. 
Perl Eule. Frifch. 1. 97. 
Kramer El. p. 324. 50 
Alloco Zi#nan. 99. 
It need fcarcely be faid that the white owl is common in every 
part of England, and is generally found throughout the continent of 
Europe. It inhabits North and South America, and is very frequent 
in fome parts of Afia. Except in the breeding feafon, it lives in 
barns and out-houfes, where it is ufeful in deftroying the mice that 
infeft fuch places. In the breeding feafon it retires to holes in 
lofty buildings, or the hollows of trees. 
Some 
