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STRIX FLAMMEA. 
WHITE OR BARN OWL. 
Body above, pale yellow, with white dots ; 
beneath, whitish, with blackish dots. 
Strix Flammea— Lin. Gmelin. 
L'Effraie, ou Fresaie — Buff on. 
White Owl— Pen. Lath. Mont. Bew. 
Barn Owl— Shaw. 
PROVINCIAL* 
GILLIHAWTER, H OWLET, MADGE- 
HOWLET CHURCH OWL, HISSING 
OWL, SCREECH OWL. 
This species measures between thirteen and 
fourteen inches in length, and the expansion 
of the wings about thirty-seven inches. 
This bird breeds in old decayed trees in the 
neighbourhood of farm-houses or villages, in 
barns and ruined buildings ; it makes but lit- 
tle nest, lays three or four white eggs, not so 
large or so round as those of the Tawny Owl. 
The young birds are at first wholly covered 
with a beautiful snowy down, and in that 
