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light, or by the light of the moon ; a few, however, 

 are said to feed by day. They inhabit all regions. 

 The following arrangement of the genera of this fa- 

 mily is founded on that of M. Cuvier in his Regne 

 Animal. 



GENUS XXXI.— SCOPS, Savigny. 



RGstntm breve, arcuatum. 

 Caput fasciculis pennarum, 



aurieularum simulantibus, 



instructum. 

 Discus faciei imperfectus. 

 Aures parvse. 

 Digiti nudi. 



Beak short, arched. 

 Head furnished with feathers 

 resembling ears. 



Facial disc incomplete. 

 Ears small. 

 Toes naked. 



Sp. 1. Sc. Asio. 



Strix Scops. Shaw, v. vii. p. 233. — Strix Carniolica. Shaiu, 

 v. vii. p. 231 — Strix pulchella. Shaw, v. vii. p. 239. — England 

 and Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Sc. albifrons. 



Strix albifrons. Shaw, v. vii.^>. 238. — North America. 

 Sp. 3. Sc. atricapilla. 

 Sc. vertice nigro; corpore supra, alis cauddque subfiavis Jusco 



nigroque varus; subtus albo, Jusco longitudinaliter maculato et 



striato; torque nuchali rufescente. 

 Scops with the crown black ; with the body above the wings and 



the tail yellowish, varied with black and brown ; beneath white, 



longitudinally spotted and striped with brown; a reddish collar 



on the nape. 

 Strix atricapilla. Natter er. Temrn. PI. Col. 145. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length about ten inches : the 

 top of the head is black : a broad whitish band with 

 delicate dots and zigzags of black surrounds the oc- 

 ciput : the eyebrows and the inner webs of the auri- 



