HAWK OWL. 177 



Legs and toes, completely covered with yellowish white 

 plumage, barred with narrow lines of olive brown; claws, 

 horn-colour, long, and finely arched: that on the middle toe 

 is sharp-edged on the inner side. 



Female; length, from sixteen to seventeen inches and a 

 hall'. The breast is blotted on the upper part; on the back 

 her plumage is darker-coloured than that of the male. The 

 wings expand to two feet seven or eight inches they reach 

 to half the length of the tail; primaries, nearly black. 



The young are less clearly coloured than the old birds. 



VOL. I. 



