ow L. 
the bird is dull brown, with fpots of white, on the head, wings, and tail 
more numerous, and fmaller on the forehead and fides of it: the 
throat, neck, belly, and under tail coverts are white, fpotted with 
brown; moftly brown on the breaft: the feet are feathered to the 
claws: the taikis pretty long, and the wings fhort in proportion, as 
they fcarcely reach beyond the bafe of it. This character is fufficient 
to diftinguifh it from the Little Owl, in whicl-the wings and tail are 
equal in length. 
The native foil of this fpecies is unknown. This and the laft de- 
fcribed are varieties only of each other. 
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