barnowl

Strix flammea, a British bird of prey belonging to the family Strigidæ. It is called also the White Owl, the Church Owl, the Screech Owl, the European Screech Owl ( Mac gillivray), the Hi ing Owl, the Yellow Owl, the Gillihowther, the Howlet, and the Hoolet. Above it is light reddish-yellow, mottled with ash-grey and black and white spots; beneath, it is white with small dusky spots. The male is fourteen inches long, and the female fifteen. It preys on the smaller mammal i a and birds, BARN OWL. with beetles and other insects. It is permanently resident, builds its nest in a steeple, a dovecot, or a hollow tree, and lays from two to five pure white eggs.