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TRANSATLANTIC OWL. 



Strix Transatlantica. S. corpore nigro Jlavescente alb&fuhoque 



vario, subtus albo. 

 Owl with body variegated above by black, pale yellow, white, 



and fulvous; betieath white. 

 Strix Tolchiquatli. Lin. Gmel. 



This seems much allied to the preceding, and 

 is said to be a bird of very full plumage : the under 

 wing-coverts are black, mixed with fulvous : bill 

 black : legs covered by fulvous feathers. Slightly 

 described by Fernandez under the name of Tolchi- 

 quatli. Native of Mexico. 



PASSERINE OWL. 



Strix passerina. S. subolivaceo-fusca albido maculata, 3ubtus 



albidafusco maculata, remigibus albo-fasciatis, iridibus Jlavis. 

 Subolivaceous brown Owl, with whitish spots, beneath whitish 



with brown spots, wing-feathers barred with white, and 



yellow irides. 

 Strix passerina. S. capite la?oi 3 remigibus maculis albis quinque 



ordinum. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Little Owl. Will. orn. Penn. Brit. Zool. 

 Little Owl. Edw. pi. 228. 



Size that of a Missel Thrush : length about eight 

 inches and a half: colour on the upper parts olive- 

 brown, with lighter and deeper variegations : 

 wings varied with pale brown; the coverts with 

 numerous round whitish spots : the scapulars deep 



