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head and hind-neck spotted with dusky, and other 

 portions heavily barred with the same colour. 



125. American Hawk Owl. 



Length about 16 J inches, tail about 7 inches 

 long. No ear-tufts. Adults : Top of head and 

 hind-neck spotted with white and blackish, patches 

 of blackish on sides of hind-neck and ear-coverts, 

 other upper parts dark-brown, heavily spotted 

 with white, upper tail-coverts and tail barred with 

 white ; below, barred with brown. Young : Above, 

 dark sepia-brown, the feathers tipped with dull 

 grayish-buff ; below, dull-whitish, shaded across 

 chest with sooty-brownish, other portions barred 

 with brown. 



126. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Length about 12 inches, tail about 6 inches, and 

 bill about 1 inch long. Basal half, or more, of 

 lower mandible yellow. Plumage grayish-brown 

 above, with a faint bronzy lustre, tail-feathers (ex- 

 cept middle pair) black, tipped with white ; below, 

 white, tinged with pale-ashy. Young : Tail-feathers 

 grayish-dusky, tipped with dull-white. 



127. .Black-billed Cuckoo. 



Length about 12 inches, tail about 6J inches, and 

 bill about 1 inch long. Bill without any yellow. 

 Adults: Above, bronzy grayish-brown, with an 



