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NEW ZEALAND OWL. 



Strix fulva. S. fusca, marginibus pennarum genisque fulvis, 



cavda fasciis pallen films. 

 Brown Owl, with the cheeks and margins of the feathers 



fulvous, and the tail crossed by pale bars. 

 Strix fulva. New Zealand Owl. Lath. 



Length eleven inches : upper parts brown mar- 

 gined with fulvous: breast and belly the same, but 

 paler: cheeks fulvous: thighs brown spotted with 

 white: tail crossed with pale-brown bands. Native 

 of New Zealand. It is said to vary in being spotted 

 above with white. 



ACADIAN OWL. 



Strix Acadiensis. S. fusco-ferrvginea albo rnaculata, subtus 



subalbida maculis f err ugineis, facie cinerea. 

 Ferruginous- brown Owl, spotted with white, beneath subal- 



bescent spotted with ferruginous, with grey face. 

 Strix Acadiensis. Acadian Owl. Lath. 



Length seven inches: feathers surrounding the 

 eyes and composing the face ash-colour, but the 

 part immediately surrounding each eye black; 

 and the outer part of the circle mixed with white: 

 quills spotted with white on their outer edges: 

 legs covered to the toes with buff-coloured feathers. 

 Said to be a native of Nova Scotia. 



