OWLS. 
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rity of the same gentleman, of Mr Bloxom, and 
of Mr Bree of Allesly, for the same kind of prey 
being seized by the Tawny Owl.* 
We shall notice first the genus Strix, restricting 
it to the form of the common European Bam or 
White Owl. 
Strix, generic characters. — Bill lengthened, 
nearly straight at the base, and bending to 
a hook to the tip ; cere fleshy ; nostrils oral, 
and placed on the anterior ridge of the cere ; 
facial disk large and complete; eyes com- 
paratively small ; auditory conch very large, 
furnished with a broad, rounded operculum ; 
external opening of the ear comparatively 
small.t Wings ample ; second quill longest, 
first and third equal; tail short, even; legs 
clothed with cetaceous feathers ; toes thinly 
covered with hairs ; claws long, sharp, slightly 
curved, grooved beneath. 
* Loudon’s Mag. of Nat. Hist. vii. p. 146. 
t See woodcut, p. 247. 
