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AFRICAN HORNED OWL. 



This, which is described and figured by Monsieur 

 Levaillant, is of somewhat smaller size than the 

 European bird, with a browner and less elegantly 

 variegated plumage: it is found about the Cape 

 of Good Hope, where it frequents rocky places, 

 forming its nest with a heap of small branches, 

 mixed with dried leaves and moss, and depositing 

 three eggs. 



MAGELLANIC HORNED OWL. 



Size of a Goose: colour consisting of white, 

 yellow, and blackish variegations : ear-feathers or 

 horns two inches long: mentioned by Marcgrave. 



VIRGINIAN HORNED OWL. 



Strix Virginiana. S. auriculata fusca, cinereo rufoque variata, 



subtus albida lineis transversis fuscis. 

 Brown Horned Owl, with rufous and ash-coloured variegations, 



beneath whitish, with transverse brown lines. 

 Strix Virginiana. S. corporefusco rufo cinereoque lineato, subtus 



cinerascente striis transversis fuscis, remigibus rectricibusque 



fuscofasciatis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Bubo Virginianus. Briss. orn. 

 Virginian Eared Owl. Edw. pi. 60. Lath. syn. 



This, which by some ornithologists, and even 

 by Mr. Pennant, has been considered as a variety 

 of the preceding species, is marked by so charac* 



