OW LL 
Var. A. Str. Javanica, Ind. Orn. i. p. 64. 39.—De Wurmb. apud Licht. Mag. 
1V. 2. 106 
HIS is faid to have an afh-coloured body, here and there fpotted 
with white and black; beneath dirty white, with a tinge of rufous, 
and fpotted with black. it inhabits Fava. By the de‘cription, it 
feems too like our Bary Owl to admit of a controverfy, efpecially as 
this bird has been already found in moft parts of the world, both on 
the old and new continent. ; 
Le Choucon, Lewaill. Oi i. p. 151. pl. 38. 
Chouette Choucou, Daudin. Orn. il. p. 186. 
‘HIS kind of ow! feems, like the Hawk Owl*, afpecies approaching 
not a little to the Falcon genus, it is however clearly an owl, and 
muft be ranked as fuch: the plumage on the upper part of the body a 
pale grey brown, inclining to rufous on the crown of the head and back 
of the neck, and on the wing coverts are a few fpots of white ; the 
greater quills are like the reft of the wing, with whitith tips, and 
reach when clofed about half way on the tail; which is cuneiform 
in fhape, and grey brown; all but the two middle feathers are marked 
on the outer web with tranfverfe white lines, ten or twelve in number : 
the inner and all the under fide of it intirely white, like other owls: 
the fides of the face and the eyes in part furrounded with a ruff of 
hairy feathers, covering the noftrils; thefe are white, as are alfo all 
the under parts of the body from the chin, moft delicately pure: the 
thigh feathers hang over the legs quite to the toes, and the legs 
themfelves covered with fhort briftly feathers: the bill is fmall, and 
legs are black; irides yellow: the toes placed two and two, or three 
and one, at the will of the bird. 
* Edwards, v. il. pl. 62. b 
Inhabite 
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Var. A. 
JAVAN 
oO 
DEscrRIPTION. 
PLACE. 
FALCONINE 
DEscRIPTION. 
