HAWK-OWL. 



AVCIPITRES. 



183 

 ISTRIGID.E. 



SuRNiA FUNEREA (Liniiseus*). 

 THE HAWK-OWL. 



Surnia funerea. 



SuRNiA, Dum&rilf. — Beak decurved from the base and much hiikleu by 

 feathers ; nostrils small and rounded ; cere short ; upper mandible slightly 

 undulated ; lower mandible notched. Facial disk nearly obsolete. Orifice of 

 the ears small, without operculum. Wings short, first quill-feather eqiial to 

 seventh, second longer than fifth, third and fourth longest and nearly equal. 

 Tarsi rather short and, with the toes, thickly feathered. Tail long and gra- 

 duated. Head flat and without tufts. 



An Owl of this species, subsequently presented by Dr. 

 Burkitt to the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin, was taken, 



■"■ Strix fimerect, Linn;eus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 133 (1766). 

 t Zoologie Analytique, p. 54 (ISOti). 



