BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. 3, Lanius. 29 I 



27. Sf. Brachyotm. Head with short ear-like crests : body 

 dull orange, beneath yellow"! wrh brown longitudinal 

 spots: niMuie taii-fea'hers with a yellow spot in- 

 cios.nsr a brown one. 



Short-eared Owl. Br. / ool. t. 31. Leiuin t. 25. Donovan t. 3,5. 



Lfnath 14 in.-hcs : ?xte* 3 feet : weight 14 ounces. 



?'// dushy : iris yellow . orbits black : face furrounded with a 

 line which is ';la k and white, except at the ears where it is black : 

 crest, which it can erect at plcafure, compofed of .feveral feather, 

 bla.-k on the outer welis, \vhitc on the in icr : feathers of the head, 

 tackjbi'nS.'uitng-cdi'trts brown with a tawny margin: breast and b'lly 

 paLr, with longitudinal brown lines, thighs not fpotted : legs 

 clothed to the toes with light yellow down ; daws dusky. 



28. Si. stdtiula. Heal without cresr : brown-orange 

 above with dark-brown murks, beneath paler with 

 o'llonT -Ink ,!),)'-, : -<vrd (juiii-ieafher longest. 



Tawny Owl. Le^in t. 7. Donovan t. 121. Walcot.t. 27. 



2. Body darker : iris black. 



BrnwiOwl. Br. ZooL t. 32. Lewint.zS. 



Length 14 inches : extent 2 feet 8 inches : wight 20 ounces. 



Bill pale brown : ins dusky : face encircled by a black and white 

 line: outer-webs of the outer-scapulars white: fecondary quill 

 feathers with a white fpot on the outer-webs : two middle tail- 

 feathers tawny, the rest with tawny and d irk lines and fpots : legs 

 clothed to the toes with greyish down : claws black. 



29. St. Ulula. Head wi; bout ere;:: ho ly above reddish 

 witb longitudinal brown spors, underneath whitish 

 with brown hues: tail with bro-vn bars. 



Brown Owl. Lath. syn. t. p. 140. Euffon i.t. 27. 



Length 1,5 inches, and a half : weight 14 ounces. 



Iris yellow : general colour browner tiian the last ; .and the fpots 

 larger and longer, tend in 3 to a point like the flame of a candle, 

 which in the former are more rounded like drops. 



30. SLjlammtH. Head wi'-hour crest: body above pale 

 yellow with white and grey spots, underneath white 

 wifh blackish spots. 



Screech Owl. Lewint. 26. Donovan t 1 13. Walcot. t, 26. 



Length 14 inches: extent 3 feet : weight n otmces. 



Bill light brown : iris dusky : orbits orange: cheeks white : face 

 furrounded with a white cin le : primary quHl-f gathers yellow on 

 the outer webs, white o i the inner, with 4 black fpots each side : 

 inner-webs of the tail-feathers white, outer-webs with dusky bands : 

 legs clothed with white down to the claws: claws light:brown, the 

 nuddle one serrate. 



31. St. pito.ietinu. Head without crest: above olive- 

 brown, beneath whitish spotted with brown: head. 

 gpotted With white : quili-feathers with 5 rows of 

 whi'e spots. 



JLittle Ovvl. Leiuin t. 28. Walcot. t . 28. Albin 2. t. 1 2. 



Length 8 inches : extent 21 inches. Size of a Blackbird. 



Bill yellowish : ins yellow : feathers encircling the face white 

 tipt with black : breast mixed ferruginous and white: fazY brown 

 with dull rufous bands : Legs .clothed to the claws with whitish 

 down ; claius pale brown. 



3. LANIUS. Shrike. 



32. L. Excubilor. Tail wedge-form, blackish with the 

 sides whue: head and back pule cinereous; wings 

 blackish with a white band. 



