STRIX STRIDULA 
TAWNY OWL, 
Generic Character. 6'if<f Strix Bubo. 
Synonyms. 
Strix STRIDULA. Liu, Svft. 1. p. 133. 9. M. Om. 
2. p. 58. 25. 
Tawny Owl. Br, Zool i. 68. U. foL 7. tak B.Jig. 
3. Ar^, ZooL 2. p. 237. B. Mont. 
Om, Di^. 2. Bewick's Br, Birds^ 
P/. 1 , 9 1 . 
Strix Aluco. Ltn, Syfl. 1* p, 130. 7. //^i. Orn, 2. 
59. 26. 
Brown Owl. Br. Zool. iah. 32. Ik foL p. 72. 
B, jig. 1. ^r^. Zo^?/. 2. 125. 
M?;^/. Or;;. Di^. VoL 2. 
Aluco Owl. Lath, Syn, p. 134. 20, 
XjENGTH 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 Britifli fpecies, 
and are furrounded with hair like feathers, which have their 
lhafts proje6l:ing 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 
fquare; tail compofed of twelve feathers. Both fexes agree 
in 
