STRIX STRIDULA, 



TAfFNT OWL. 



Generic Character. See Strix Bubo, 



Synonyms. * 



Strix stridula. Lin, Syfl, u p, to^^* Ind.Orn* 



2. 58. 25. 



Tawny Owl. Br, ZooL 1. 68. lb. foL 7. tah. B,fig. 



3. Ar^. Zool, 2, p. 2,'^^. B. Mont, 

 Orn, Di5f, 2. Bewick's Br. Birds^ 

 Ft, up. 91. 



Strix - Aluco. Lin. Syft, 1, p, 130. 7. Ind. Orn, 2m 

 59. 26. 



Brown Owl. Br, ZooL 69. tak 32. 3, fol, p* y2r, 

 tab, B, fig, 1, Ar5l, Zool, 2. 125* 

 Mont, Orn, Bi^, Vol, 2. 



Aluco Owl. Lath, Syn, p» 1^4^, 2Q. 



-LiENGTH of this fpecies nearly fourteen inches, breadth 

 two feet feven inches, weight fifteen ounces. Bill ftrong, about 

 an inch and a quarter in length, much hooked; eyes very 

 dark, they are larger in this than in any other Britiih fpecie;?, 

 and are furrounded with hair like feathers, which have theit 

 jfhafts projedling half an inch beyond the webs ; legs ftrong, 

 and covered with feathers to the toes ; claws fharp and ftrong, 

 when the foot is diftended, it covers a fpace nearly three inches 

 f^uare ; tail compofed of twelve feathers. Both fexes agree 



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