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OWL, 



AUSTRIAN 

 O. 



Description. 



Plac*. 



Strix fylveftris, Seep. Ann. i. p. 21. N" 1 j. 



C I Z E of a Cock. Bill yellowifh : irides glaucous : the circle 

 of feathers furrounding the face is whitifh, beginning at the 

 bafe of one ear, and palling over the forehead to the bafe of the 

 other, having an elegant appearance : the body variegated with 

 white and brown. 



Inhabits Carntola. Scopoli fuppofes it to be that in Rram. 

 Elench. p. 324. N°7« 



22. 



AUSTRIAN 

 WHITE O. 



Description. 



Strix alba, Scop. Ann. p. 21. N° 14. 



ALMOST as big as an Hen. The bill is white : the body 

 above fpotted with rufous and grey ; beneath wholly white : 

 circle of the face encompafifed with a rufous margin, which makes 

 it appear very beautiful : tail tipped with white. 



23' 



AUSTRIAN 

 RUFOUS O. 



Description. 



Strix no&ua, Scop. Ann. p. 22. N° 15. 



IZE of a Dove. Irides yellow : colour of the plumage pale 

 rufous, longitudinally marked with brown fpots. 

 Inhabits Carniola : very plenty in the woods about Laubach. 



Strix 



