STRIX OTUS. 
LONG^EARED OWL 
Generic Character. See Strix Bubo. 
Strix Otus. Capite aurito pennis senis. 
Long Eared Owl. Auriel feathers six. 
Strix Otus. Linn. S?/st. I, p. 132. Gmel. Linn, 
Syst. 1. j?. 288. Lath. Bid. Orn. v. 1. 
p. 53. 
NocTUA AuRiTA. Slbt. Scot. 14. 
Lie Hibou Cornu. Belon Av, 136. Gesner. Ai\ 
635. Will Orn. 100. 
Hibou moyen duc. Temm. Man. Orn. ed. 2. pt. 1. 
p. 102. 
Horn Owl. Raii Syn. Av. 25. 
Long Eared Owl. Br. Zool.Svo. ed. v. 1. j9. 258. 
tab. xxxi. Arct. Zool. 1. 264. Lewin's 
Br. Birds, 1. tab. 24. Lath. Sijn.v.l. 
p, 12]. lb. Suppl. p. 42. Gen. Zool. v, 
7. pt. 1. p. 221. Mont. Orn. Diet. Be- 
wick's Br. Birds, pt. I. p. 84, 
This species than which but few possess a more elef- 
gant diversity of colours, is not so abundant or so gene*- 
rally dispersed as the Tawny Owl, being principally con- 
fined to the Northern parts of this Country. Our figure 
was executed from a fine male bird, that was shot on 
Dulwich Common, in the spring of 1815. In colours the 
