322 The Hijiory ^ ANIMALS. 
of it, from one which he kept in his houfe alive: Willughby calls it Ulula Aldro- 
vandi j Ray, Ulula Latinis; and in another place, No&ua. The Englifh names of 
Owl and Howlet, and the French of Hulot, feerp to be derived from this Ulula ; but 
the bird, commonly exprefled by thofe names, is not this fpecies, but the other, defcribed 
by authors under the name of Aluco. This is a bold feeder ; it will feize upon al™ 
mod any kind of poultry, and feeds alfo on the lelfer quadrupeds. 
Strix capite Icevi , cor pore luteo. ^ 
The yellow Strix , with a fmooth head,. Svl)Z PtllOlt) 
This is a moderately large fpecies, it is equal in fize to a well-grown chicken : the 
head is large, thick, rounded, and elegantly covered with feathers, but there are no 
eredt ones to form what are called ears or horns: there are circles of fhort and ele¬ 
gant feathers about the eyes and fegments of circles, formed of feathers of the fame 
kind behind the ears: the back is of an elegant yellow j the bread: is of a paler yel¬ 
low, and the belly is whitifh : the legs are very robuft and ftrong, and the claws are 
large, long, and fharp, and are of a bluifh-grey colour. 
This is a native of fome of the northern parts of Europe, but it is not common - 
we have it not in England. It lives in thick woods, hiding itfelf by day in the trunks 
of old trees ; it comes out in the evening, and feeds on mice, imall birds, and almoft 
any living thing fmaller than itfelf that it can lay it’s claws on. None of the authors 
who have written on birds hath defcribed it, except the Swedifh. Rudbeckius calls it 
Strix tota flammea j and Linnasus, Strix capite kevi, corpore luteo. They meet with it 
in Sweden occalionally, but it is far from frequent there; it is oftener feen in the fo~ 
refts in Norway, and is met with alfo in Denmark j but it is every-where a very fhy 
bird, fo that it is rarely that it comes into any body’s hands, even in the places where 
it is moft frequent. 
Strix capite Icevi , corpore fufco y oculorum iridibus fulvis. 
The brown Strix, with a fmooth head , and the eyes brown . 
This is of the fize of a pigeon : the head is large, rounded, and elegantly orna¬ 
mented with feathers, but they are not elevated in any particular part, nor is there the 
leaf!: approach toward an appearance of ears or horns: there is a circle of foft, regu¬ 
larly difpofed, and pale brown feathers round each eye, and a fegment of a circle 
formed of the fame kind of feathers about each ear, but thefe lie flat: the general 
colour of the feathers of the head is a dufky brown, but the fhort and foft ones 
are paler than the others: the back and fides are of a deep dufky brown; the breaft 
is of a paler brown, and the belly is much paler than this, and has an admixture of 
white: the eyes are large, and their iris is of a dufky brown, with an admix¬ 
ture of a reddifh-yellow, or orange colour : the beak is broad, fhort, thick, hooked, 
and fharp ; the legs are ftrong and thick ; the claws are long and robuft; they are of 
a bluifh-black, and are extreamly fharp at the points. 
This is a native of the northern parts of Europe ; we have it in England, but not 
common. I fhot one, about four years ago, in Charleton foreft in Suflex. It was 
the only one I have feen in England, nor do any of the writers on birds mention the 
fpecies, except the Swedifh ones, Olaus, Rudbeckius, and Linnaeus j the former of 
thefe call it Nodtua major oculorum iridibus croceis; the latter, Strix oculorum iridi- 
bus fulvis, corpore fufco. 
Strix capite Icevi , corpore fufco s oculorum iridibus luteis . 
The brown , fmooth-headed Strix , with the iris oj the 
eye yellow. 
This is a larger bird than the former, but it refembles it in many particulars: it is 
of the fize of a raven : it’s head is very large and full of feathers; the eyes are beau¬ 
tifully furrounded with each a circle of foft and regularly difpofed plumes: the whole 
head alfo has a verge of the fame kind of feathers, diftinguifhing it from the body, 
and there is a fegment of a circle of the fame at the ears: the body is of a greyifh- 
brown colour, elegantly variegated with large, round fpots of white 5 the circle fur- 
rounding 
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