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ACCIPITRINE OWLS. 



GREY OWL. 



Strix Ulula. S. rufescens maculis longitudinalihus, subtus albida 

 lineolisfuscis, cauda fusco fasciata, iridibus fiavis. 



Rufescent Owl, marked above with longitudinal brown spot?, 

 beneath whitish with small brown streaks, and yellow 

 irides. 



Strix Ukila ? S. capite Icevi, corpore supra fusco'ulbo maculata^ 



rectricibusfasciis linearibus albis, Lin. Syst. Nat, 

 ha Chouette ou Grande Cheveche. Buff. ais. 

 Brown Owl ? Lath, syn. Grey Owl ? WilL orn. 



The species here intended is described by Buffon 

 under the name oiLa Chouette ou Grande Chexseche. 

 It is, he observes, pretty common in France, but 

 does not frequent habitations so much as the Barn 

 or White Owl. It haunts quarries, rocks, ruins, 

 and deserted buildings. The colour of its irides, 

 which are of a bright yellow, distinguishes it from 

 the Aluco and Stridula, The difference however 

 between it and the Barn or White Owl (Effraie) is 

 more slight, since in that bird the irides are yellow 

 also*, and surrounded by a circle of small white 

 feathers : the under part of the belly is tinged with 

 yellow, and the size of the two birds is nearly the 

 same; but the present species is of a deeper colour, 

 and is marked with spots resembling small flames, 



* In the English Barn Owl they are dusky blue. 



