176 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



of the quills white ; legs reddisli-brown ; beak dark brown ; 

 irides black. 



Entire length 9 inches ; culmen O'G ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 7 ; tarsus 0'7. 



Dark variety. — Slightly larger ; plumage rather more 

 shaded with grey ; some black marks on the scapulars ; bars 

 on the wuigs and tail more pronounced. 



Order ACCIPITRES. 

 Fam. STRIGIDiE. 



156. Aluco flammea (Linn.). Barn-Owl. 



This species is frequently to be met with throughout 

 Egypt and Nubia, generally in thick-foliaged trees or in ruins. 



Upper plumage yellow, with the centres of the feathers 

 marked and freckled with grey and white, and small oval 

 spots of black and white ; wings and taU banded with yel- 

 lowish brown ; face and underparts white, tinted with buff on 

 the chest, and finely spotted at intervals with dusky ; tarsus 

 feathered about halfway down, the remainder covered with 

 hair ; feet pink ; beak pale yellow ; irides black. 



Entu-e length 13*5 inches ; culmen 1"3 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 11 ; tarsus 2"5. 



The above description is from an Egyptian specimen in my 

 collection. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 36. 



157. Strix aluco, Linn. Tawny Owl. 



Savigny mentions the Tawny Owl in his ' Description de 



