TENGMALM’S OWL. 169 
The female measures from nine inches and a half to eleven 
and a half; the face dull white, the black spot over the eye 
smaller and paler than in the male. Breast, more spotted 
than in the male, and the brown of the back darker. 
Young; length, eight to nine inches; bill, yellowish grey; 
iris, yellow. The bristly feathers of the face dusky black, 
with white bases; the ruff brown, but indistinct, a little 
spotted with white around the eyes. Breast, whitish, mingled 
with brown; back, reddish brown; primaries, barred with four 
rows of small round spots. Tail, barred as the wings; under 
tail coverts, dull white, tipped with brown. 
