250 WHITE-BROWED OWL. 



the late Monsieur Dorci, and was said to have 

 been brought from Cayenne. Levaillant supposes 

 it to be a young bird, and that its plumage in a 

 more advanced state might perhaps be somewhat 

 different; but does not seem to think it a variety 

 of the preceding species. The size of the specimen 

 is not particularized by Levaillant, but if his plate 

 be intended to shew the bird in its natural dimen- 

 sions, it appears to be of the same size with the 

 Strix passerina. Monsieur Daudin however, as 

 above observed, compares it to a large species. 

 After all, it is perhaps not very improbable that it 

 may be a variety of the Strix perspicillata. 



WHITE-BROWED OWL. 



Strix superciliosa. S. ferriigiiiea, fascia utrinque superciliari lata 



descendente alba. 

 Ferruginous Owl, with a broad descending superciliary white 



band on each side. 

 La Chouette a collier. Ltvaill. ois. pi. 42. 

 Strix torquata. Choactte a collier. Daudin. ornith. 2. p. 1Q3. 



Size of the Strix Otus or Long-eared Owl: 

 colour ferruginous brown, with a few white spots 

 on the wing- coverts, edges of the shorter quills, 

 and tips of the tail feathers : over each eye a stripe 

 of lengthened white feathers, curving slightly down 

 the sides of the neck : under parts whitish, tinc- 

 tured with grey-brown on the belly, where the 

 feathers are crossed with numerous fine dusky 



