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BOOBOOK OWL. 



Strix Boobook. S. fusco-ferruginea maculisjlavescentibus, sub- 

 tus ferruginea maculis longitudinalibus. 



Ferruginous-brown Owl, with yellowish spots, beneath fer- 

 ruginous with longitudinal spots. 



Strix Boobook. Boobook Owl. Lath, suppl. 2. 



Size of the Wood Owl, to which it is allied : 

 thighs and legs covered with yellow downy feathers 

 speckled with black: bill small. Native of New 

 Holland, where it is known by the name of Boo- 

 book. 



SOLOGNESE OWL, 



Strix Soloniensis. S. corpore supra ex atrofusco, fulvo admisto, 



subtus albo, cauda alba versus apicem lineis nigricantibus de- 



cussantibus. Lin. Gmel. 

 Owl with the body of a dark brown above, mixed with fulvous j 



the under parts and tail white, the latter marked towards the 



tip by blackish decussating lines. 

 Noctua minor dorso ferrugineo, ventre albido. Salerm orn. 



p. 56. 



Length fifteen inches: top of the head and 

 outer circle of the face rufous and white mixed: 

 legs and thighs short, and feathered to the toes. 

 Observed in the district of Sologne in France. 



