BL A TE wOx ae 
Strix. Aldr. av. 1. 285. 
Strix Orientalis. Haffelquif?, tin, 233. 
Noctua Major, Frifch. 
Common Brown, orIvy Own. Will. Orn. 102. ¢. 14. 
—Albin. I. t. 9. 
Rati Syn. av. 25 
Tawny Owt. Br. Zool. No. 68. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 1. 139. 27. 
—dnd. Orn. 1. p. 58. 25. 
Le Chathaunt. Brif. Orn. 1. p. 500. No. 1. 
Buff, -Oif. 1. p-.2be t. 25. 
PIO Bea: 
Braune, oder ftock Eule. Frifch. t. 96. (maf.) 
Gelblicke, oder brand Eule. Fri/ch. t. 95. ( fem.) 
Strige. Zinnan. Uov. p. 100. ¢. 16. fi 89. 
Skrik uggla. Faun. Suec. 
Nacht Eule, Gemeine. Kram. 324. 
Nat Ugle. Brun. 18. 
The length of this bird is fourteen inches; breadth thirty-two 
inches. The male is darker in colour than the female. “This kind 
of owls inhabits woods: in England they remain the whole year. 
‘he fpecies is found throughout Europe and America. 
La Choucite, ou Grande Chevéche, of Buffon, is fuppofed to be the 
female of the Tawny Owl ; but the defcription differs in fome parti- 
culars from thofe {pecimens we have examined. 
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