360 STinx. 



fore, narrowed and silvery behind ; eyes large,, 

 amber-colouiv 

 See MS. P. 



% 1. STRIX. Spec. 50. 

 Sec. A. Eared oicls. 



tmbo) (giant owl.) body tawny. A variety ha& 

 brownish wings with dark body Another has 

 naked legs. Another is blackish-yellow, vari- 

 egated with white* 



virgiriiana, (bro^vri owl,) body brown above, va- 

 ried with tine zigzag tawny and cinereous lines, 

 pale ash beneath with transverse brown streaks ; 

 throat and sides of the breast orange, streaked 

 with brown. 



<uio, (red owl,) body ferruginous above, cinereous 

 beneath ; wings with five white dots. 10 inches 

 long. 



americana, (american owl,} head and body cinere- 

 ous above, rusty beneath ; rump white spotted 

 with black; wings and tail rusty with cinereous 

 and grey transverse Ikies. 



otus 9 (long-eared owl,) feathers of the ears six. 

 A variety is much darker, another smaller. It 

 is about 14 inches long 



brachyatos, (short-eared owl,) horns short ; body 

 brown above, feathers edged with yellow ; be- 

 neath pale yellow,, with longitudinal dusky 

 streaks. 14 inches long. 



-noevia, (mottled owl,) body grey, paler beneath, 

 spotted with black and rusty ; feathers of the 

 liead and breast dotted with black, 11 laches 

 Jong, 

 jfite MS. P. 



