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Strix Aluco— Gmeliu. 
La Hulotte— Buffbn. 
Aluco Owl— Latham. 
PROVINCIAL. 
IVY OWL, WOOD OWL, HOOTING OWL 
BLACK OWL, GREY OWL, HOWLET. 
It is now ascertained that the Tawny and 
Brown Owls, described by Pennant and other 
authors as distinct species, are in reality not 
so. The Brown Owl being only a variety of 
the Tawy or Wood Owl, as several instances 
have occurred of their having been found in 
the same nest. We have added the synonyms 
of the Aluco Owl upon the authority of Mon- 
tagu, Wood, &c. 
The male of this species measures fourteen 
inches in length and two feet seven inches in 
the expansion of its wings. 
The female is about seventeen inches in 
lenirth and two feet ten inches in breadth. 
This bird breeds in ruined edifices or in 
the hollow part of decayed trees. Its nest 
has likewise been found in an ivy-bush, or on 
