. British zoology . -, andthe young will feed on any dead thing, whereasthofe of the white owl muft have a conftant fupplyof frefh meat. 69. Brown. The grey Owl. Wil. orn. 103. Faun, Suec. ySi. Raiifyn, av. 26. Ugle. Brunnichy 19. La Hulote. Brijfon av. I. 507. Graue Eule? Frifch, I. 94, StrixUlula. 133. Br. Zool. 72. Plate B. i. A^ S the names this and the precedent fpeciesbear do by no means fuit their colors, wehave taken the liberty of changing them to othersmore congruous. Both thefe kinds agree entirelyin their ; and diffre only in the colors: inthis the head, wings and ba
. British zoology . -, andthe young will feed on any dead thing, whereasthofe of the white owl muft have a conftant fupplyof frefh meat. 69. Brown. The grey Owl. Wil. orn. 103. Faun, Suec. ySi. Raiifyn, av. 26. Ugle. Brunnichy 19. La Hulote. Brijfon av. I. 507. Graue Eule? Frifch, I. 94, StrixUlula. 133. Br. Zool. 72. Plate B. i. A^ S the names this and the precedent fpeciesbear do by no means fuit their colors, wehave taken the liberty of changing them to othersmore congruous. Both thefe kinds agree entirelyin their ; and diffre only in the colors: inthis the head, wings and back are of a deep brown,fpotted with black in the fame manner as the for-Descrip. mer : the coverts of the wings and the fcapularsare adorned with fimilar white fpots: the exterioredges of the four firfl: quil feathers in both areferrated : the bread in this is of a very pale afhcolor mixed with tawny, and marked with oblongjagged fpots: the feet too are feathered down to the very PI. xxxn. jv: 6i) BUOA\T?f O^VV^Ii .. Class II. LITTLE OWL. very claws : the circle round the face is aih-colored,fpotted with brown. Both thefe fpecies inhabit woods, where they re-fide the whole day ♦, in the night they are veryclamorous •, and when they hoot, their throats areinflated to the fize of an hens egg. In the dulkthey approach our dwellings ^ and will frequent-ly enter pigeon houfes, and make great havoke inthem. They deftroy numbers of little leverets,as appears by the legs frequently found in theirnefts. They alfo kill abundance of moles, and ikinthem with as much dexterity as a cook does a rab-bet. Thefe breed in hollow trees, or ruined edi-fices -, lav four eggs of an elliptic form, and of awhitifh color. 211 La Cheveche. Belon anj. 14c. No6lua. Gefner a^v. 620. Little Owl. Wil. orn, 105. RaJifjm, av. 26. Ediv, 228. Tfchiuvitl. Kra?n. 32^. Faun. Suec. 79. La petite Chouette, ou la Cheveche. BriJ/hn a-v. L Strix pafTerina. Civetta. Olina, 65. Scopoli, No.
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