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of this bird is described and figured, differing in 

 having the head brown, and the throat white, the 

 latter colour ascending over the bill, and curving 

 in the form of a pair of crescents or brows over 

 each eye. 



MASKED OWL. 



Strix personata. S. alba, facie nigra, alis subfcrrugineis. 

 White Owl, with black face, and subferruginous wings. 

 Strix personata. La Chuuette masquee. Daudin ornith. 1. p. 



102. 

 La Chouette a masque noir. Levaill. ois. pi. 44. 



This bird, which is described and figured by 

 Monsieur Levaillant, is said to be about the size 

 of the common brown or Wood Owl: the wings 

 and tail are of an elegant pale subferruginous 

 brown, the shoulders spotted with white, and the 

 whole edge of the wing of the same colour; the 

 larger quills being barred or marked with rather 

 large blackish spots: the head, neck, scapulars, 

 and whole under parts are milk-white: the eyes 

 are imbedded in a pair of very large, round, black 

 patches or spaces : beneath the bill are a few 

 small longitudinal black spots : the bill is blackish, 

 and the irides are represented of a yellow colour : 

 the legs are covered to the claws with fine milk- 

 white plumes : the tail is short, but the wings do 

 not reach to its tip. The specimen described by 

 Monsieur Levaillant belonged to the collection of 



