1. 



Str. 



xiv AVES ACC1PITRES. Strix, 



albifrons. S.-capite aurito, corpore fufco fubtus fiavefcente, facie alba. 

 Whke-fronted Owl, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 58. No. 5. 



Habitat in Amur. Sept. long. poll. %.\—roftrum nigrum: corpus 

 fupra ferrugineo-fufcum teclricibus alarum maculis rarioribus albis : 

 fubtus lutefcens fafcia pectoris fufcefcente : remiges 5 primores extus 

 fecundarise intus macula alba notatae : reprices fufcae macula alba. 



From, gula, regionifque periopthalmicse margo pofticus alba: variat 

 corpore minore, regione periopthalmica unicolore. Muf. D. Davies. 



3- 



Str. 



Candida* 



4. 

 Str. 



** Inauricukta?. 



S. capite lasvi, corpore albo maculis alarum diftantibus nigris. 



La Chouette blanche, Levaill. Oif. i. p. 172. -pi. 45. 



Strix nivea, Daudin. Orn. ii. p. 1 90. 



Ermine Owl, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 60. No. 7. 



Maonitudo Str. Nyfte<t, fpecie tamen diverfa: caput magnum cor- 

 pore validiore: ala complicate longitudine caudam fuperant: pedes ad 

 ungues ufque lanati : rojlnm nigrum. 



Choucou. S. pallide fufcus fubtus albus, Cauda cuneata lineis tranfverfis albis. 

 Le Choucou, Levaill. Oif. i. p. 151. pi. 38. 

 Strix Choucou, Daudin. Orn. ii. p. 1 86. 

 Falconine Owl, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 61. No. 9. 



Habitat in Africa : habitus Str. Ftmere^e, capite parvo acciptri- 

 nino: regio periopthalmica & narium alba: cauda longa cuneiformis, 

 reclricibus extus lineis 10 — 12 tranfverfis albis notatis : roftrum parvum, 



nigrum. 



5- 



Str. 



nifuella. 



S. corpore fufco rufo alboque vario, cauda cuneata, pennis periopthal- 



micis apice nigris. 

 Le Choucouhou, Levaill. Oif. .ip. 157. pi. 39. 

 Strix nifuella, Daudin.Om. ii. p. 187. 

 Variegated Owl, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 6a. No. 10. 



Habitat 



