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Arcadian Owl, and Dwarf Owl, Lath. St» Arcadia, 

 Gm. Vail. O. A. t. 46. Wils. A. O. t. 34, f. 2. 



Size of a Blackbird. Tarsi and toes thickly downy, 

 dark brown, spotted with white; beneath whitish, 

 red spotted ; tail as long as the wings. North Eu- 

 rope and America. So also St. passeriiia, Retz and 

 Wilson, St. pusilla, Daud., and St. jjygmea, of 

 Bechst. 



Dwarf Owl, St. pumilla, Illiger, pi. col. t. 39. 

 Red brown, spotted with white and black ; beneath 

 variegated red and white ; tail dusky, with band 

 formed of white spots. South America. Length 

 five inches. Carbure, Azara, 49. 



Ferruginous Owl, St, ferruginea, Br. Max. pi. col. 

 t. 199. St. phaltEnoides, Vieil. 



Red beneath, whitish striped with rufous ; scapulars 

 spotted whitish yellow ; tail red ; in young, brown 

 barred. Brazil. 



Chestnut-winged Owl, St. castanoptera, Horsf. 

 pi. col. t. 98. 



Transversely lined gray and dusky ; scapulars and 

 back chestnut ; belly varied white and chestnut. Java. 

 Length eight inches. 



Pearl Owl, St. perlata, Vieil. (not. Licht ) Vail. 

 O. A. t. 284. 



Reddish brown, white spotted, and striped : cheeks, 

 throat, and crop white, black shaded; crest red, varied 

 with black ; bill yellowish brown ; toes hairy. Se- 

 negal. 



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