HAWK- OWL. 



ACC1PITRES. 



183 

 STRIGIDJB. 





SUBNIA FUNEREA (Limi8BUS*). 



THE HAWK-OWL. 



Surnia funerea. 



SURNIA, Dumeril f. Beak decurved from the base and much hidden by 

 feathers; nostrils small and rounded; cere short; upper mandible slightly 

 undulated ; lower mandible notched. Facial disk nearly obsolete. Orifice of 

 the ears small, without operculum. Wings short, first quill-feather equal to 

 seventh, second longer than fifth, third and fourth longest and nearly equal. 

 Tarsi rather short and, with the toes, thickly feathered. Tail long and gra- 

 duated. Head flat and without tufts. 



AN OWL of this species, subsequently presented by Dr. 

 Burkitt to the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin, was taken, 



* Strix funerea, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 133 (1766). 

 t Zoologie Analytique, p. 54 (1806). 



