. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . 438 ULULA ALUCO. THE TAWNY HOOTING-OWL. BROWN OWL. TAWNY OWL. WOOD OWL. GREY OWL. IVY OWL. BEECH OWL. HOWLET. JENNY HOWLET. CUMHACHAG. Strix Aluco. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 132. Strix stridula. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 133. Strix Aluco. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 59. Strix stridula. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 58. Tawny Owl. Mont. Orn. Die
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . 438 ULULA ALUCO. THE TAWNY HOOTING-OWL. BROWN OWL. TAWNY OWL. WOOD OWL. GREY OWL. IVY OWL. BEECH OWL. HOWLET. JENNY HOWLET. CUMHACHAG. Strix Aluco. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 132. Strix stridula. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 133. Strix Aluco. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 59. Strix stridula. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 58. Tawny Owl. Mont. Orn. Diet. Chouette Hulotte. Strix Aluco. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 89. Tawny Owl. Ulula stridula. Selb. lllustr. I. 103. Syruium Aluco. Tawny Owl. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 93. Upper parts in both sewes hownish-red, more or less tingedxcith grey^ marked tcith longitudinal dark-hrotcn streaks, andtraiisverse lines of a lighter tint; the lower parts reddish-xchite^or yellowish., with longitudinal linear-lanceolate and transverseundidated dark-broicn markings; large white spots on some ofthe scapulars and wing-coverts ; hill greyish-yellow ; iris bluish-black. Young birds more tinged with red, old birds more grey. Male.—The Tawny Owl has the appearance of a remark-ably full and robust bird, having the head proportionally larger TAWNY HOOTING-OWL. 439 than that of any other British species; but for this portliness itis indebted
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