ORDER ACCIPITRES. 85 



Crossed Owl, St. choliba, VIell. Slrix decussata, 

 Licht. Choliba, Azara, n. 48. 



Abdomen white, crossed by narrow brown lines. 

 Length nine, tail thi'ee, tarsi one and a quarter inches. 

 Bahia. 



Sonnerafs Owl, St. Sonnerati, Teram. pi. col. t, 21. 

 Red-brown, beneath white, transversely barred with 

 brown ; head, and wing covers, white, spotted ; eye- 

 disks, face, and throat, reddish white ; tarsi and toes 

 red, downy. India. Length eleven inches. 



Indian Owl. St. Brama, Temra. pi. col. t. 21. 



Dusky brown, varied with white ; beneath whitish, 

 transversely spotted with brown ; eyebrows and collar 

 white, with ashy gray lunules ; quills and tail with 

 white bands. India. 



Pagoda Owl. St. seloputo, Horsf. St. pagodarum, 

 Temm. pi. col. t. 230. 



Above rusty chestnut, with obsolete cross bands ; be- 

 neath white, with deep rusty chestnut bands ; throat 

 white ; face and eyebrows yellow-red. India and 

 Java. Length eighteen inches. 



Hairy Owl. St. hirsuta, Temm. pi. col. 289. 



Brown, beneath whitish, brown spotted ; forehead 

 and ceres white ; top of head and nape ashy brown ; 

 throat reddish ; tail brown, with four ash bands, and 

 white tip ; toes marbled red and brown, edge naked, 

 with yellow tubercles. Ceylon. 



Mange's Owl. St. maugei, Temm. pi. col. t. 46. 



Ashy red, beneath rufous, spotted with white; sca- 

 pulars and wing covers spotted with white ; quills 



