OWL. 



»4S 



La Chouette du Mexique, Brif. orn. i. p. 524. N° 10. 



Tolchiquatlij Rati Syn. p. 160. 



»°pHIS too, like the laft, appears bigger than it really is, on 

 account of it's full plumage. The bill is black j feathers 

 furrounding it white : irides pale yellow : body above variegated 

 with black, pale yellow, white, and fulvous : belly white : 

 under wing-coverts black, with a mixture of fulvous : legs 

 wholly covered with pale fulvous feathers : claws black. 



This defcription is fomewhat fuller than the laft, but not fuf- 

 ficient to determine the fpecies to the later writers, who have 

 merely followed the words of Ray, who has defcribed both this 

 and the laft after Fernandez*. 



Inhabits Mexico. 



NEW 3 SPAIN 

 O. 



Description. 



La Chouette de Coquimbo, Brif. orn. 1. p. 525. N° n« 



Ulula cunicularia, Klein. Aw. p. 57. N° 9. — Feuill. Obf.phyf. p. 562. id. 17 [4. 



33- 

 COQUIMBO 



O. 



CIZE of the Brown Owl. Bill pale grey : head, throat, neck, Description, 



breaft, back, wings, and rump, fulvous grey, beautifully 

 fpotted with white : belly and under tail-coverts dirty white : 

 tail itfelf the fame, without any markings : wings, when folded, 

 reach the end of the tail : legs covered with feathers like hairs : 

 claws black. 



This is an inhabitant of Chili, efpecially about Coquimho. Pxace. 



M.Feuiltte calls it the Rabbit Owl, from it's frequenting the bur- 



• Hifi, N.Hifp. p. 36. cap. 107, 



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