STRIX FLAM ME A. 



WHITE OR BARN OWL. 



Generic Character. See Strix Bubo. 



Synonyms, 



Strix flammea. Lin. Syfl. 1. p. 133. 8. 2nd. Orn* 



1. p. 60. 28. 



White Owl. Br. Zool. 1. 67. -lb. foil, p- ju tab. B. 



Lath. Syn, 1. p, 138. 26. lb. fupt. p, 

 46. Mont. Om. Dicl. Vol. 2. Bewick's 

 Br. Birds, Ft. 1. p. 89. 



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JL H I S beautiful bird weighs from nine to twelve ounces, 

 is about fourteen inches in length, and nearly three feet in 

 breadth ; bill ftrong and fharp-pointed ; irides very dark ; the 

 feathers furrounding the eyes are intermixed with hairs, and 

 have their lhafts projecting beyond the webs, thofe on the 

 body are particularly foft, and on the under parts they have 

 two fhafts proceeding from the fame quill ; legs feathered to 

 the toes, which are very ftrong and covered with hairs ; claws 

 ftrong, and much curved, the middle one is ferrated. The 

 colours of both fexes are alike, the female very feldom has 

 any fpots on the bread, though this marking is not conftant 

 in either fex ; the female rather exceeds in fize, being an inch 

 longer and feveral inches wider than the male. 



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