MARSH HORNED OWL. 227 



Tt remains to be observed, that though the figure 

 of this species in the folio edition of the British 

 Zoology is but very indifferently executed, yet 

 that given in the smaller editions is extremely 

 good. In the Planches Enluminees also, according 

 to Mr. Pennant, this bird is tolerably well figured 

 at plate 29, though erroneously supposed by many 

 to represent the former species, and improperly 

 inscribed Moyen Due, ou Hibou. The figure also 

 at least, if not the description, of the bird entitled 

 Let Chouette in the Histoire des Oiseaux, is sup- 

 posed by Mr. Pennant to belong to the same 

 species. 



MAESH HORNED OWL. 



Strix palustris. S. albo griseo fuscoque varia, remigibus fused 



muculato-fasciatis, torque fusco-maculato. 

 Horned Owl with white, grey, and brown variegations, quills 



fasciated by brown spots, and collar spotted with brown. 

 Strix palustris. S. capite aurito pennis sex } corpore albo griseo 

 fuscoque tario, torque Jtavescente, maculis fmco-rufs. Lath. 



ind. orn, suppl. 2. 



Size of a Crow: ear-plumes six in number on 

 each side: legs hairy. Native of Pomerania and 

 Thuringia, inhabiting peat marshes, among the 

 high grass, and feeding on field-mice, &c. 



