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PLATE 



IV. 



THE GREAT CEYLONESE EARED OWL. 



GENUS STRIX, LIN. SYST. I3I. OWL, PEN. GEN. BIRDS 3. 



SIZE, 



IRIDES, 

 FACE, 



EARS, 

 BACK, 



BREAST, 



PRIMARIES, 



LEGS, 

 PLACE, 



one foot eleven inches; according to Governor 



loten's obfervations, it weighs two pounds 



nine ounces and three quarters, 

 yellow, 

 circles round the face, pale reddilli brown, 



ftreaked with black, 

 fliort, ered, pointed, 

 and COVERTS of the wings, pale reddifli brown, 



ftreaked with black, 

 and BELLY, white tinged wàth yellow, ftreaked 



in the fame manner, 

 and TAIL, barred with black, white, and pale 



red. 

 naked to the knees. 

 CEYLON, where it is called raja allia. 



