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BAKKAMOENA HORNED OWL. 



Strix Bakkamoena. S. cirterea dorsofusco, pectore gilvo maculis 



sagittatisnigris, remigibus albo nigroque fasciatis. 

 Ash-coloured Horned Owl, with brown back, buff-coloured 



breast with arrow-shaped black spots, and wing-feathers 



barred with black and white. 

 Otus Bakkamoena. Venn. [nd. Zool. 

 Strix Indica. S. dorso obscuro, tectricibus alarum griseis nigr» 



lineatis, pectore bubalino maculis exiguis sagittatis nigris. Lin. 



Gmel. 



Thus described in the Indian Zoology of Mr. 

 Pennant. " The bill is dusky, surrounded with 

 long bristles: the circle of feathers round the eyes 

 is of a very pale ash-colour: the external circle of 

 a yellowish brown : the irides scarlet : the horns 

 take their origin from the base of the bill, and 

 point to the sides of the head: on their inner side 

 they are dusky, on their exterior white : the head 

 is of a deepish ash-colour : the back dusky : coverts 

 of the wings grey, marked with narrow lines of 

 black pointing downwards : quill-feathers regularly 

 barred with black and white: the breast buff- 

 coloured, marked with small sagittal black spots: 

 the legs feathered half way down: the naked part 

 of a reddish yellow. This elegant species is found 

 in Ceylon ^ is there called Bakkamoena, and is a 

 scarce species even in that island." 



It is necessary to observe, that, by an oversight 

 in the letter-press of the quarto edition of the 

 Indian Zoology, this bird is said to be represented 



