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INDIAN ZOOLOGY. 



O T U S B A K K A M O E ^ A. 

 THE LITTLE HORN OWL. 



Strix indica, Gmelin. Lin. i. 289. Latham, i. 127. 

 Index Grnith. i. 56. N° 14. 



^'^Ow^^""^' 'T^HIS elegant fpecies is found in Ceylon; is called 

 there Bakkamoena, and is a fcarcc fpecies even in that 

 :i{land. 



It is reprcfented of its natural fize. The irides are 

 fcarlet : the horns take their origin from the bafe of the 

 bill, and point to the fides of the head : on their inner 

 fide they are dufliy, on their exterior white. 



The bill is dufky, furrounded with long briftles: the 

 circle of feathers round the eyes is of a very pale afh- 

 color : the external circle of a yellowifh brown. 



The head of a deep afh-color : the back duiky : co- 

 ' verts of the wings grey, marked with narrow lines of 

 black, pointing downwards: the quil-feathers regularly 

 barred with black and white : the breafi: buff-col ored, 

 marked with fmall iagittal black, fpots : the legs feathered 

 half way down : the naked part of a reddifh yellow. 



Gloriosa 

 Sbpbrba, 



THE plant is one of the moil beautiful of the Indies-, 

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