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STRIX OTUS. 
brig’lit tawny ground, thinly intei'spefsed with whit®’ 
vent, pale yellow ochre, barred n ith narrow lines ® 
brown ; legs and feet large, and covered with feathei’ 
or hairy dov^-n of a pale Itrown colour; claws, xe*') 
large, bine black ; tail, rounded, extending about 
inch be3'ond the tips of the wings, crossed with sis 
seven narrow bars of bronni, and variegated or raarbh'“ 
with bronn and tawny; nhole upper parts tinej^ 
pencilled with dusky, on a tawny and whitish groun"' 
cliin, pure white, under that a band of brown, succeed®® 
by another narrow one of white ; eyes, yerj' large. 
The female is full two feet in length, and ha.s n®.. 
the white on the throat so pure. She has also less ® 
the bright ferruginons or tawny tint below ; but 
principally distinguished by her superior magnitude. 
30. STBIX OTUS, WILSON LONG-EAKEU OK L. 
WILSON, PL. LI. FIG. I EDINHURGII COLLEGE AIUSEUAt' 
This owl is common to both continents, and is 
more numerous in Peiiiisylvauia than the white, or b*®'! 
owl : six or seven w-ere found in a single tree, ah®®, 
fifteen miles from Philadelphia. There”is little doi’Y 
but this sjieeies is found inhabiting America to a hid* 
latitude ; though we have no certain accounts of 1 
fact. Except in size, this sjieeies has more resembhuj* 
to the great horned owl than any other of its trih®^ 
It resembles it also in breeding among the branches 
tall trees ; lays four eg-gs, of ne.arl v a round form, 
pure white.* The young are greyish white uid' 
nearly full grown, and roost during the day td®* 
together on a limb, among the tliickest of the foliar ^ 
This owl is frequently seen abroad during the day, i”’ 
is not remarkable for its voice or habits. p 
The long-eared owl is fourteen inches and a 
long, and three feet two inches in extent ; ears, 
composed of six feathers, gradually lengthening f®®’ 
* Buffon remarks, tli.at it rarely constructs a nest of its own ; b® 
not nnfrequently oceujiies that of others, particularly the 013 ?^’ * 
