84 CLASS AVES. 



ash ; wings spotted with white ; beneath white, mot- 

 tled with black and brown ; tail even ; feet covered 

 with short feathers. North America. Length 8 — 10 

 inches. 



The old birds, St. navia, Gmel., and <S/. alba, 

 perhaps St. albifrojis of Latham. 



Black-headed Owl, St. atncapilla, Natterer, 

 pi. col. t. 145. 



Yellowish, varied with black and brown; beneath 

 white, with longitudinal stripes, spot, and zigzags of 

 brown ; head black, occipital band white, dotted 

 with black ; neck with a yellow spotted collar. Brazil. 

 Length ten inches. 



White-eared Owl, St. leucotis, Temm. pi. col. t. 26. 



Brownish-white, beneath paler ; feathers with the lon- 

 gitudinal shaft, and tips black, and reddish zigzags ; 

 face white ; ears barred black ; quills and tail ash 

 coloured, waved with brown. Senegal. Length six 

 inches. 



Indian Owl, St. Leschenaultii, Temm. pi. col. t. 20. 

 Brown-red, striped with red ; beneath reddish, trans- 

 versely waved with brown ; tarsi naked, blue ; toes 

 scalv. 



Lempyi Owl, St. Lempyi, Horsf. ? St. iioctula, 

 Temm. pi. col. 99. 

 Black or brownish, marbled with reddish ; beneath 

 reddish white, waved and spotted ; neck with two 

 collars, upper white, with brown spots, lower black, 

 with reddish white spots. Java. 



