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black, and very narrow, tranfverfe AreoU adorn the train, the in- 

 termediate fpaces greyifh above, and yellowifh underneath. 

 The feathers on the middle of the throat, and the breaft, arc 

 black, variegated with white, and a rcddim-brown. Thofc on 

 the lower part of the belly, and on the legs, down to the claws, 

 are of the fume colour. The claws are large, black, fliarp, and 

 crooked ; the middle toe, on the infide, formed edgcwife ; the 

 outmoft foretoe capable of being turned backwards, as in other 

 owls, to anfwer the ufe of an anterior toe. It afFe<5ts moftly to 

 live and breed in hollow trees, and flies abroad in the evening. 

 The bird here defcribed was mot at AJJrington, near Morpetb, and 

 prefented to me. It has been fuppofed not to be an Englffi na- 

 tive till of late years. 



12. The Churn Owl, or Goatfucker (p), is frequently obfervetf 

 and mot on our waftes and forefts where it breeds. It is of the 

 fize and lhape of a cuckow ; the head and auricles large ; the 

 beak fmall, deprefled at the bafe, the point a little crooked, foft 

 and black ; the mouth enormouily wide, fet round with whif- 

 kers, each compofed of eight hairs or briftles. The anterior part 

 of the head down to the back is cinereous, the middle of each 

 feather black ; the middle of the wings of a cinereous caft, the 

 reft of the wings and back a reddifh-brown, white and black, in 

 beautiful waves, with fome finglc larger ipots, in an elegant 

 difpofition; the breaft and belly adorned with fhort tranfverfe 

 areolt of a pale red and black. The tail is near live inches long, 

 compofed of ten feathers, the middle ones cinereous, with very 

 narrow, tranfverfe black fades ; broader in the reft, and the in- 



(p) Strix, Caprirnulgus, Fur no&urnus. Pel/on. Icon. 28. a. Will. Orn. p. 70. t. 14^ 

 Raj. Av. p. 26. n. i. THE NIGHT-JARR, a contlnui nifte fufurro. Charltt. Av. p. 78; 

 Hirundo cauda Integra, ore fctis ciliato. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 92. n. 248. 



termediate 



