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TENGMALM S NIGHT OWL. 



quills, are marked with oval spots or bars on the 

 outer webs. The tail is crossed with three or 

 four narrow interrupted bars of white. The lower 

 parts are white, clouded with liver brown ; the 

 tarsi and toes are thinly feathered with soft downy 

 yellowish white plumes ; claws rather long, slender, 

 and sharp. Length from top of crown to extremity 

 of the tail, from eight and a-half to nine inches. 



Our next little Owl is that which we have just 

 alluded to as confounded in its characters with 

 Noctua Tengmalmi. For this form we have 

 taken the title which Mr Swainson proposed for 

 Noctua that of Scotophiltcs. It will be seen to 

 differ materially in the form of the ears and struc- 

 ture of the wings. 



