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24. 



AUSTRIAN 

 Strix rufa, S6f. Ann. I p. iz. N° 16. FERRUGINOUS 



C I Z E of the laft. Irides blueifh : body ferruginous, fpotted Description. 



with brown. 



Inhabits the woods of Idria. 



For thefe four we are indebted to Scopoli ; upon whofe fole 

 authority I place them here as diftinft fpecies ; for I can by no 

 means reconcile them to thofe of any other author. Upon the 

 authority of it's author likewife, will reft the following. 



25. 

 Ulula five Noftua minor Dorfo ferrugineo, Ventre albido, Solent, orn. p. 56. SOLOGNESE 



O. 

 71/fR- SALERNE mentions an Owl which was fome years Description 



fince fent him from Sologne, which he thought different from 

 any yet defcribed. It weighed half a pound ; the length was 

 fifteen inches, and the breadth three feet. The bill fhort : the 

 upper mandible blackifh, and the tongue cloven : top of the 

 head, and outer circle of the feathers of the face, rufous and white 

 mixed; about the bill, and clofe to the eyes, more inclined to 

 white : the upper part of the body blackifh brown, with a mix- 

 ture of fulvous : tail fix inches long : the belly, under the wings, 

 and tail white, crofled with blackifh towards the outer edge of 

 the tail-feathers : legs and thighs fhort, and feathered to the toe.?, 

 which were of an horn-colour. 



Strix 



