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AMERICAN HORNED OWL. 



Strix Americana. 5. capite Sf corpore supra cinereo, subtus 

 ferrugineo, uropygio albo nigro maculato, alls caudaque fer- 

 rugineis lineis transversis cinereis et griseis. Lin. Gmel. 



Owl with head and body cinereous above, ferruginous beneath ; 

 rump white spotted with black ; wings and tail ferruginous, 

 with transverse lines of deep and light grey. 



American Eared Owl. Lath. syn. 



Size rather larger than that of the Strix Otus : 

 head and upper parts cinereous ; under parts fer- 

 ruginous: rump and vent white, spotted with black: 

 quills and tail ferruginous, transversly barred with 

 deep and light grey: irides and legs yellow: sup- 

 posed by Buffon to be a variety of Strix Otus, 

 differing in the cast of its colours. 



MEXICAN HORNED OWL. 



Strix Mexicana. S. corpore ex fusco et nigro vario. Lin. 



Gmel. 

 Owl with body variegated with black and brown. 

 Mexican Eared Owl. Lath. syn. 



This, which seems only known from the very 

 brief description of Ray, is said to be a native of 

 Mexico, where it is called by the name ofTecolotl; 

 its colour is a variegation of black and brown. 



