STRIX FLAMMEA. 
PFHITE OR BARN OWL, 
Generic Character. aS^"^ Strix Bubo. 
Synonyms. 
Strix flammea. Lin. Syft. i. p. 133. 8. M, Orn. 
1. J), 60. 28. 
White Owl. Br, Zool 1. 67. Ih.foL f, 71. iah, B. 
JL HIS 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 projefting 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 breaft, 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. 
La/h. Syn. 1, p. 138. 2.6. lb, Jupt, p. 
46. Mont, Orn, DicI, Vol. 2. Bewick's 
Br, Birds, Ft. 1, p, 89. 
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