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most scapulars principally wliitc, forniinj^ an irregular oblique 

 band of that colour on each side ; shoulders also with some 

 large white spots. Primary quill feathers dull brown, the outCF 

 vanes barred with white, the inner ones witli tawny ; secon- 

 daries light brown. Facial disc white sprinkled with brown, 

 but immedialcly around the eye pure black; eyebrows white, 

 feathers crossed by narrow black bars ; guttural collar white, 

 crossed witii black lines ; sides of neck and breast tawny brown 

 marked with brown and white transverse bars ; belly irregularly 

 banded black and white, and more or less clouded with pale 

 rufous ; legs rufous white with waved traner^^erse brown lines. 

 Tail brown with narrow bands of tawny white, which are 

 generally edged by a darker brown ; tips of feathers dull wliite. 

 ^ Bill and eyes yellow, the feathers about base of bill setaceous, 

 white towards bases, black toward extremities ; toes above 

 <;overed with setaceous feathers, on the sides bare, reticulated 

 and yellow; claws a dark born-colour. Length about twelve 

 inches. 



Iidiabits South Africa, — rare. 



Large-eyed Owl, Latham.? History of Birds, doZ. i. p. 360 



Noctua Cavevm, Smith. The upper parts of the head, and 

 the back and sides of the neck, brown, each feather towards 

 tip crossed by a narrow white bar ; interscapulars, back, rump 

 and shoulders, black-brown, the feathers with two or more 

 waved, narrow, rufous, transverse stripes, several of the outer- 

 most scapulars principally white, giving rise to a stripe of that 

 colour on each side of the back ; on shoulders also some large 

 white blotches ; edges of shoulders white. Q.iill feathers brown, 

 crossed with narrow rufous or white bands. Throat brown 

 jwi.ved with while ; breast brown, barred irregularly with white 

 and tawny; belly pure white variegated with ferruginous brown 

 blotches ; thighs tawny, mottled with black-brown. Tail dark 

 black-brown, crossed by twelve veiy narrow rufous bars, and 

 tipt with rufous Bill greenish yellow ; claws yellow at bases, 

 blackish towards points. Length nine inches. 



Inhabits South Africa, — rare, 



Noctua per lata, Vicill. Upper parts of head and neck rufous- 

 brown or simple brown, spotted freely with white; in front of 

 interscapulars a moie or less distinct light rufous collar; the 

 rest of upper parts brown, sparingly spotted with white, each 

 spot encircled by black-brown ; se\oral of the outermost scapu- 

 lars half-white, forming a continuous line of lliat colour on each ■ 

 side of back ; shoulders with a few white blotches intorniingled 

 with the white spots. AVings brown, imperfectly barred with 

 white or pale rufous. Under parts cither rufous variegated 



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