RED, MOTTLED, AND WAl'ACUTHU 0:WL. 231 



Little Owl, CaufiyiLj. — Latham,!. 123. 117. Reb, 



Strix Afio, Lin. Syft. 132.-61. Mus.— Lev. Mus. 



C\ With yellow irides : horns, head, back, and wings, of a plea- 

 fant tawny red, ftreaked with black : the fcapulars marked with 

 large white fpots : primaries barred with black, red, and white : 

 breaft pale tawny, marked with oblong black fpots : tail red, barred 

 with dufky : feet covered with feathers to the claws. Length ten 

 inches and a half. 



Inhabits New Tork^ and as low as the Carolinas. Lives in the Place. 



woods near the coaft. 



I«//&«w, L 126.— Bl.Mus.— Lev. Mus. :, 118. Mottied. 



C\ "With the face white, fpotted with brown : head, wings, and 

 upper part of the body, mottled with afh-color and pale red : 

 the fcapulars marked with great white fpots ; as are the coverts of the 

 wings : the primaries with black and pale ferruginous : breaft and 

 belly whitifh, varied with duflcy ragged ftripes, pointing downwards ; 

 toes feathered to the claws. Length eleven inches. 



Inhabits the province oi New Tork. Breeds in May, and continues Plac^. 



in the country the whole year. 



**WITHOUT EARS, 



C\ With glofly black bill, and claws much incurvated : bafe of ii9o'Wapacuthv.- 



the bill befet with ftrong briftles : irides bright yellow : fpace 

 between the eyes, cheeks, and throat, white : the ends of the feathers 

 OR the head black : fcapulars, and all the coverts of the wings, white, 

 elegantly barred with dufky reddilh nnarks,^ pointing downwards ; 



, primaries, 

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