BRITISH BIRDS, JJ l 
THE WHITE OWL. 
BARN OWL, CHURCH OWL, GILLIHOWLET, 
OR SCREECH-OWL. 
(Strix Flammed, lAn.—UEj]'rme i on la Frefale r Buff.) 
Length fourteen inches : Bill pale horn colour ; 
eyes dark ; the radiated circle round the eye is 
compofed of feathers of the moll delicate foftnefs, 
and perfectly white ; the head, back, and wings, 
are of a pale chefnut, beautifully powdered with 
very fine grey and brown fpots, intermixed with 
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