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or five brown bands on the tail. The crests are only 

 found in the male ; they are so small and so seldom 

 erected, that they have scarcely ever been remarked, 

 or the species has been placed among those without 

 crests, or has been divided. Also found in America. 



This species has also been called St. stridula, S. 

 palustris, S. tripennis, S. arctica, S. accipitrina, 

 Pallas ; and S. tripennis and S. brachyura by various 

 authors. 



Among the foreign species may be remarked. 



The Great American Horned Owl. {Str. bubo Magellanicus 

 etSt. Virginiana, Gm.) Enl. 585. Edw. 70. Baud. ii. 13. 

 J acurutu of Mar g. Nacurutu of d' Azara, (Wilson, O. A. 

 t. 50, f. 1, and B. pinicola, Vieil. O. A. t. 19.) 



Nearly as big as our great horned owl, striped across 

 with brown underneath ; brown, sprinkled with black, 

 above. It is spread from one extremity of America 

 to the other, and lives in the woods. 



'' Intermediate, between surnia and ulula^'' C. Bona- 

 parte. 



There is a species, a fourth smaller, at the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Spotted-eared Owl. St. maculosa, Vieil. Gal. Ois. 

 t. 23 ; St. Africana, Temm. pi. col. t. 50. 



Black; face and upper part of neck barred with 

 brown, ash, and whitish ; head and back spotted with 

 white ; quills banded brown and white ; tail beneath 

 brown, with five white bands ; feet feathered. South 

 Africa. Length 16 — 18 inches. 



