BUBONID^ 



SCOTOPELIA 



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Streaks of black becoming rather more cordiform in shape on the 

 nanks. '■ 



flesh 



Iris dark brown; bill dark bluish-horn; legs and ^feet whitish- 



FiG. 87. -Foot of ScofopcUa pcU. x |. 



Length about 23 ; wing 18-4 ; tail 10-8; tarsus 2-9 ; culmen 2-3 



Distribution.-This Owl is found throughout the greater part of 



tropical Africa from Gambia in the west and the Tana river in the 



east, southwards to the Zambesi, where it was obtained many years 



