82 CLASS AVES. 



Occipital Owl, n. St. occipitalis, Temm. pi. col. 

 t. 34. 



Varied brown and yellow, spotted with white ; be- 

 neath whitish, striped with rufous ; forehead and 

 vertex rufous white, dotted ; quills banded red and 

 brown. Africa. Length seven inches. Toes and 

 tarsi downy. 



Sparrow-like Owl, St. passerinoides, Temm. pi. col. 

 t.344. 



Gray-brown head, and white dotted ; scapulars and 

 wings white spotted, and banded ; face, throat, and 

 beneath white ; sides splashed with brown ; tail black, 

 with four white bands. Brazil. Six inches. 



Others have the tail short and the toes naked. 

 Cayenne has several very fine species, especially 

 the three following : 



The Cayenne Owl, Lath. {St. Cayennensis, Gm.) Enl. 442. 

 Irregularly and finely striped with brown on a yellow 

 ground. 



The Fasciated Owl, Lath. St. huhula, Daud. St. lineata, 

 Shaw. (Vail. Afr. 41.) 



Striped white on a black ground ; four white lines 

 upon the tail. It avoids the light so little, that it is 

 called the Day Passerine Owl. The size of these two 

 is that of the S. passerina. 



The Downy Owl, Lath. {St. torquata, Daud.) Vail. Afr. 42. 



Brown above, whitish underneath ; round the eyes 

 brown, with a brown band on the breast ; the throat 



