126 WHITE-FACED SCOPS OWL. 



primary quills are crossed by ten dark and very 

 regular transverse bars, reckoning those only which 

 are not hid by the spurious and lesser quills; and 

 by the greater covers, on the lesser quills, in the 

 same way may be counted seven. There are also 

 ten similar bars on the middle tail-feathers beyond 

 the covers. The outer half of the feathers which 

 form the egrets, and of those between them, are 

 deep black, with about five rows of little round 

 white spots in pairs, one on each side of the shaft ; 

 the facial disk is entirely white, but there is a broad 

 black spot on each side, just behind the ears. The 

 chin and all the under parts are of a delicate light 

 grey, each feather having a deep black central stripe, 

 which is crossed by many others, close and un- 

 dulated, of a darker grey than the ground colour. 

 The inner wing-covers are white, with a simple 

 black stripe down the middle. The feathers on the 

 legs are the same, but the shape is hardly per- 

 ceptible. The bill and toes seem to be light or 

 greenish yellow. There is a black spot on the 

 inner wing-covers, close to the base of the first 

 quill. 



