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rows of thefe animals in the ground, or rather, according to 

 him, making holes in the ground of itfelf. But this laft fadt M. de 

 Buffon thinks is not clear : he fuppofes it to have great analogy, 

 if not the fame with La grande Cheviche, or Brown Owl, N° 28. 



M. du Tertre * mentions an Owl, frequenting the iflands of 

 America, which lays it's eggs and hatches it's young in holes in 

 the ground; and fays it has a black and white plumage, and 

 frequents mountainous parts. 



<?T DOMrNGO *" a Chouette, ou grande Cheveche de St. Domingue, Buf. oif. i. p. 392. N° 6. 



o. 



Description. T H I S is more like the Brown Owl than any other ;. but 



M. de Buffon thinks it a different fpecies from any yet de- 

 fcribed. This has a more crooked, larger, and ftronger bill 

 than any other. The belly is of a plain rufous colour, with a 

 few longitudinal fpots on the breaft only ; whereas the Chouette 

 of Europe has both the breaft and belly marked with great 

 brown fiame-Jhaped fpots. 



This was fent from St. Domingo* 



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Description. 



Le Chathuant de Cayenne, Buf. oif. i. p. 391. 

 ______ PL enl. 4^2. 



C I Z E of the Tawny Owl. Bill flefh- colour : irides yellow t. 

 feathers encircling the eyes afh-colour j near the eye black : 

 general colour rufous, ftriated, both above and beneath, with 

 narrow tranfverfe waved brown lines : claws black. 



* Uift. des A:t:HUs, vol. ii. p. 257. 



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