260 STRIX. 
fore, narrowed and silvery behind ; eyes large, 
amber-colour. 
See MS. P. 
2—1. Srrix. Spec. 50. 
Sec. A. FEared ovels. 
gubo, (giant owl,) body tawny. A variety has 
brownish wings with dark body Another has 
naked legs. Another is blackish-yeWow, vari- 
egated with white. 
virginiana, (brown owl,) body brown above, va- 
ried with fine zigzag tawny and cinereous lines, 
pale ash beneath with transverse brown streaks ; 
throat and sides of the breast orange, streaked 
with brown. 
asio, (red ow],) body ferruginous above, cinereous 
beneath ; wings with five white dots. 10 inches 
long. 
americana, (american owl,) head and body cinere- 
ous above, rusty beneath; ramp white spotted 
with black; wings and tail rusty with cinereous 
and grey transverse lines. 
atus, (long-eared owl,) feathers of the ears six. 
A variety is much darker, another smaller. I¢ 
is about 14 inches long. 
brachyatos, (short-eared owl,) horns short ; body 
brown above, feathers edged with yellow; be- 
neath pale yellow, with longitudinal dusky 
streaks. 14 inches long. 
sevia, (mottled owl,) body grey, paler beneath, 
spotted with black and rusty; feathers of the 
head and breast dotted with black. {1 inches 
long. 
See MS. P. 
