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AUSTRIAN OWL. 



Strix Austriaca. S. capite Ixvi, corpore albido fu&coque va- 

 riegato, regione periophthalmica albida. Lath. ind. orn. 



Owl with whitish and brown variegations, and the spaces 

 round the eyes whitish. 



Austrian Owl. Lath. syn. 



Strix sylvestris. Scopoli. Ann. 1. No. 13. 



First described by Scopoli: size of a Cock: 

 bill yellowish: irides blueish. Native of Carniola : 

 perhaps the same with a species mentioned by 

 Kramer in his Elenchus Animalium Austria?, p. 



325. 



AUSTRIAN WHITE OWL. 



Strix alba. S. capite lavi, corpore rufo griscoque vario subtus 



albo, regione periophthalmica margine rvfo, rectricibus apice 



albis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Owl with rufous and grey variegations, beneath white j the 



spaces round the eyes edged by a rufous margin, and the tail 



"white at the tip. 

 Strix alba. Scopoli. Ann. 1. No. 14. 

 Austrian White Owl. Lath. syn. 



Described by Scopoli : nearly the size of a Hen : 

 bill white: circle of the face encompassed with an 

 elegant rufous margin: tail tipped with white. 

 Native of Carniola. 



