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BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE LONG-EARED OWL, 
HORN OWL. 
(Strix Otusy Lin.— Le Hilou , Buff.) 
Its length is fourteen inches ; breadth fomewhat 
more than three feet : Its bill is black ; irides of a 
bright yellow ; the radiated circle round each eye 
is of a light cream colour, in fome parts tinged 
with red ; between the bill and the eye there is a 
circular ftreak, of a dark brown colour ; another 
circle of a dark rufty brown entirely furrounds the 
face ; its horns or ears confift of fix feathers clofe* 
ly laid together, of a dark brown colour, tipped 
