STRICKLAND'S OWL 



with narrow brown streaks; under parts whitish 

 with conspicuous narrow streaks and bars of 

 blackish brown forming a herringbone pattern. 



Rufous phase. Of extremely rare occurrence. 



Young. General color mixed dull white and 

 dull buff barred with dusky, blackish facial rim 

 as in adults. 



A small owl with a distinct brown facial rim. 

 Very common. Often found near habitations 

 perching in bushes or trees and uttering at cer- 

 tain times of the year during the night a plain- 

 tive purring note followed by a cat-like ow. 

 Seen and heard often at Quarry Heights during 

 the three years of my residence there. 



4. Lophostrix cristata stricklandi (Sclater and 



Salvin) 

 Strickland's Owl 



Length, about 396 mm. (15.50 in.); tail, about 

 180 mm. (7.00 in.). Above chocolate brown 

 thickly vermiculated with buffy, paler on wings, 

 lower back and rump ; scapulars with some large 

 white spots; wing quills but narrow sparse bars 

 of buff; head blackish brown with a broad white 

 eyebrow, the feathers immediately surrounding 

 eye black and a chestnut rufous patch on cheeks ; 

 ear tufts two inches long of white and dark 

 brown, vermiculated with buff; below grayish 

 buff vermiculated with dusky. 



An owl occurring only in heavy forest. 

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