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FULIGINOUS OWL. 



Strix fuliginosa. S. cinereo-Juliginosa^ nigro irrorata, subtus 

 nebulosa, pennis circum oculos concentrice lineatis. Museum 

 Leverianum, No. 6. p. 23. 



Dusky-cinereous Owl, freckled with black ; clouded beneath j 

 with the feathers round the eyes marked with numerous 

 concentric circles. Museum Leverianum, No. 3. p. 24. 



Strix cinerea. S. cinereo-fuliginosa, nigro transversim Hneata, 

 subtus albido cinereoque nebulosa, regione periopthalmica cir» 

 culis concentricis nigris. Lath. ind. orn. 



Cinereous Owl. Lath. syn. 



Sooty Owl. Penn. Arct. Zool. 



Size equal or nearly equal to that of the Strix 

 Nyctea or Snowy Owl: length two feet: extent of 

 wings four feet: tail rather long: legs feathered 

 to the claws : colour on all parts sooty grey, with 

 a cast of ferruginous on the wings and tail: the 

 face is barred with several concentric deep-brown 

 circles : the wings are barred with ash-colour and 

 brown, and the thighs elegantly crossed with linear 

 streaks of the same colours : on the shoulders and 

 wing-coverts are several blackish, brown, and 

 whitish spots and freckles; the breast is varied 

 with large spots or blotches of brown, and the tail 

 is crossed by several irregular whitish and dusky 

 bars : the irides are said to be orange-coloured : 

 the bill is pale horn-colour, and the claws black. 



This bird is a native of North America, and, 

 according to Mr. Pennant, "inhabits Hudson's 

 Bay the whole year : flies in pairs : feeds on mice 

 and hares : flies very low, yet seizes its prey with 



