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URAL OWL. 



Strix Uralensis. S. alba supra fusco transvcrsim fasciata et un~ 

 dulata, subtus lineata, cauda fasciis liucaribus albis. 



White Owl, above transversly barred and undulated, beneath 

 lineated with brown ; the tail crossed by linear white bands. 



Strix Uralensis. Pall. it. 1. p. 455. 



Chouette a longue queue de Siberie. PI. Ent. 463. 



Ural Owl. Lath. syn. 



This beautiful bird, if we may judge from the 

 elegant figure in the Planches Enluminees, must 

 be considered as distinct from the Caparacoch or 

 Hawk-Owl above described. Mr. Latham how- 

 ever, in his Index Ornithologicus, appears inclined 

 to consider it as a variety of that species. The 

 ground-colour of the whole bird is white, but less 

 pure or more inclining to pale brown above than 

 below : the upper parts are transversly undulated 

 with very deep brown or blackish crescent-shaped 

 marks, closest on the head and neck : the under 

 parts barred with similar marks: the wings blackish 

 brown ; the coverts bordered with broad bars of 

 white ; and the quill-feathers with much narrower 

 ones: the scapular-feathers whitish, with three or 

 four deep brown middle bars; and the tail dark 

 brown, with pretty numerous narrow white bars: 

 the bill is yellow: the legs thickly feathered to the 

 claws, and barred like the head and under parts: 

 down each cheek runs a blackish curved band, as 

 in the Caparacoch, to which the present bird is 

 certainly, much allied in general appearance, but 

 seems to have a much more elegant disposition 



