238 YAIKAN HORNED OWL. 



in its natural size, without considering that the 

 plate had been reduced from that in the folio 

 edition. Its length, according to the folio plate^ 

 appears to be about seven inches. 



WHITE-FRONTED HORNED OWL. 



Strix albifrons. S.femtgineo-fusca, subtus pallidior, /route alba, 



remigibits albo nigroquefasciatis. 

 Ferruginous-brown Horned Owl, paler beneath, with the 



forehead white, and remiges barred with black and white. 



Naturalist's Miscellany, pi. \J\, 



Length from six to eight inches : horns scarcely 

 perceptible: lower part of the belly and thighs 

 white : legs feathered to the toes. Supposed to be 

 a native of Canada. 



YAIKAN HORNED OWL. 



Strix deminuta. S. rufo nigro albidoque varia coloribus nebu- 



losis. 

 Horned Owl, varied with black, whitish, and rufous, the 



colours clouded. 

 Strix deminuta. S. minor, corpore rufo. Pall. it. 2. p. JO?. 

 Yaikan Eared Owl. Lath. syn. 



An elegant and diminutive species of Horned 

 Owl ; described by Dr. Pallas, who informs us that 

 its size is smaller than that of the Scops, and that 

 it bears so near a resemblance to the Strix Bubo 

 or Great Horned Owl in point of general ap- 



