204 S HORT EARED OWL. Class IL 



inches : the irides are of a bright yellow : the bill 

 black : the circle of feathers furrounding the eyes 

 is white tipt with reddifh and dufl<y fpots, and 

 the part next the bill black : the bread and belly 

 are of a dull yellow, marked with flender brown 

 (Irokes pointing downwards : the thighs and vent 

 feathers of the fame color, but unfpotted. The 

 back and coverts of the wings are varied with deep 

 brown and yellow : the quil feathers of the fame 

 color, but near the ends of the outmofl is a broad 

 bar of red : the tail is marked with duiky and 

 reddifh bars, but beneath appears afh colored : the 

 horns or ears ari^ about an inch long, and confift of 

 fix feathers variegated with yellow and black : the 

 feet are feathered down to the claws. 



66. Short Br. Zoo/. 71. Ta6. B. 3. and B. 4. Fig. 2., 



Eared. 



THE horns of this fpecies are very fmall, and 

 each confifts of only a fin gle feather-, thefe 

 it can raife or deprefs at pleafure *, and in a dead 

 bird they are with difficulty difcovered. This 

 kind is fcarcer than the former •, both are folitary 

 birds, avoiding inhabited places. Thefe fpecies 

 may be called long winged owls ; the wings when 

 clofed reachingr bevond the end of the tail •, where- 

 as in the common kinds, they fall fliort of it. 



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