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SCANDINA- 

 VIAN E. O. 



Description. 



Place. 



Strix Scandiaca, Lin. Syji. p. 132. N" 2. 



— — Faun, fiitc. p. 24. N° 70. 



Le grand Due de Lapponie, Brif. orn. i. p. 486. N° 3. 



T 1 NNsEUS defcribes this as being of the fize of a Turkey. 

 The body whitifh, fpotted with black. It is fo very like 

 the Great Snowy Owl, N° 17, that, were it not for the ear-like 

 feathers, one would fuppofe it the fame bird*.' 



This bird inhabits the mountains of Lapland. M. de Buffon f 

 thinks it to be only a variety of the former ones ; the white co- 

 lour arifing from the mere coldnefs of the climate, as is frequently 

 the cafe in other birds. 



CEYLONESE 

 E. O. 



Description. 



Place. 



Great Ceylonefe Horned-owl, Brown's III. Zool. p. 8. t. 4. 



f ~f~ { HIS is in length one foot eleven inches, and weighs two 

 pounds nine ounces and three quarters. The bill is horn- 

 colour : hides yellow : parts above of a pale reddifh brown ; 

 beneath yellowiih white J : circles round the face of a pale red- 

 difh brown, ftreaked with black : the ears are fhort and pointed : 

 prime quills and tail barred with black, white, and pale red: legs 

 naked to the knees. 



It is a native of Ceylon, and called there Rata Allia, 



* I do not find that Linnaus has feen it, but defcribed it from a painting of 

 Rudbeck. 



f Hift. des Oif. i. p. 338. 



% According to the plate, each feather feems to be ftreaked down the ihafc 

 with black, and has four or five dufky bars on each fide of it. 



Strix 



