OTUS CAPENSIS.— Smith. 



AvEs.— Plate LXVII.-Male. 



O. supra pallide rubro-brunncus, subochreo parce vermiculatus et uotatus ; pectoro guttureque rubro- 

 brunneis; ventre flavo-albo; latcribus phiinisque fcmoris subfasciatis ; facie subflava brunneo- 

 variata ; fascia cervicalc rubro-brumica ad guttur oclireo-maculata ; oeulis brunnco-nigris; rostris, 

 pedibus, unguibusque livido-nigris. 



LoNOlTUDO a rostri apice ad basin caudre S vine. S.^ lin ; caudce C unc. oj lin. 



Otus Capensis, Smif/i. — Soutli African Quarterl}- Journal, 2nd scries, p, oOG. 1835. 



Colour. — The upper and lateral parts of the head, the upper, lateral and 

 under parts of the neck, the interscapulars, the back, rump, and upper tail 

 coverts, the scapular feathers, the lesser wing coverts, and the breast, light 

 reddish brown (snuff-coloured brown), with sienna-yellow variegations. The 

 latter are either scanty or wanting upon the back and anterior part of the 

 breast, but tolerably abundant on the other parts mentioned, and occur in 

 the form of small oblong spots, zigzag, oblique or transverse lines, and 

 irregularly shaped blotches; — the latter are few in number, and restricted to 

 the small wing-coverts. Belly and legs pale ochrey yellow, the flanks and 

 the feathers on the outer and anterior aspects of the thighs barred with arrow- 

 shaped bands of a light brownish yellow colour. False wing-feathers brown, 

 imperfectly barred with sienna-yellow, and most of them margined externally 

 with yellowish wdiite. Primary wing coverts brown, secondary coverts brown, 

 vermiculated and spotted with sienna-yellow. The primary and secondary 

 quill-feathers brown, with three or four broad irregular bars of a colour 

 intermediate between buft'-orange and gall-stone-yellow, the last bar at 

 a considerable distance from the points of the feathers, which are obscure 

 white; tertiary ciuill-feathers brown, the inner vanes barred with yellowish 

 white, the tips dull white. Tail barred, brown and buff-orange, or yellowish 

 white; the light-coloured bars of the inner vanes are generally buff-orange, 

 those of the outer vanes yellowish white. Tlie two middle tail-feathers 

 brown, with two rudimentary or indistinct sienna-yellow bars; their tips are 

 also of the latter colour. The other tail-feathers are yellowish white for some 

 distance from the points. Facial disc pale cream-yellow, powdered or 

 freckled with brown ; the bases of the feathers encircling the eyes deep 



