. 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 .. . ^-Iiljilf 453 ASI OTUS. THE MOTTLED TUFTED-OWL. LONG-EARED OWL. COMMON EARED OWL. HORNED Fi6. 24. Strix Otus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 132. Strix Otus. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 53. Long-eared Owl. Mont. Orn. Diet. Hibou Moyen Due. Strix Otus. Temm. Man. dOrn. 102. Long-eared Owl. Otus vulgaris. Selb. Illustr. I. 85. Otus vulgaris. Long-eared Owl. Je
. 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 .. . ^-Iiljilf 453 ASI OTUS. THE MOTTLED TUFTED-OWL. LONG-EARED OWL. COMMON EARED OWL. HORNED Fi6. 24. Strix Otus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 132. Strix Otus. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 53. Long-eared Owl. Mont. Orn. Diet. Hibou Moyen Due. Strix Otus. Temm. Man. dOrn. 102. Long-eared Owl. Otus vulgaris. Selb. Illustr. I. 85. Otus vulgaris. Long-eared Owl. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 91. Tufts conspicuous, projecting an inch and a half beyond theplumage of the head; upper parts light reddish-yellow, longitu-dinally streaked, transversely barred, finely undidated with brownand greyish-white; lower parts light reddish-yelloio, with oblongbrown streaks, and faintly undulated; facial disks zvhitish in theiranterior half, pale yelloicish-brown behind, the eye half surroundedby dark brown. Young icith the facial disks yellowish-broicn,and the dark markings on the lower parts broader. 454 ASIO OTUS, Male.—This Owl, which is one of our most common spe-cies, is readily distinguishable by the elongated tufts of featherson its head, taken in connection with its size, which is aboutthat of the Barn or White O
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