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lower parts of the body are dull white, varied with 

 delicate irregularly disposed brown zigzag lines : the 

 top of the head and the nape somewhat similar : the 

 back and wings are of a deeper tinge, the former 

 being varied with clear brown, and finely striped 

 grey and white : the quills, the secondaries, and the 

 tail-feathers are marked with broad yellow bands and 

 fine zigzag lines : several of the middle wing-coverts 

 have part of their outer webs white, forming four or 

 five large spots on the wings : the tarsal feathers are 

 white : the toes blue : the tail is slightly rounded, 

 and is about half covered by the wings, when the 

 latter are closed. 



GENUS XXXIII.—OTUS, Cuvier. EAR-OWL. 



Rostrum breve, arcuatum. 



Caput fasciculis pennarum, 

 auricularum aemulis, in- 

 . structural. 



Discus capitis magnus. 



Aures magna?. 



Pedes graciles, usque ad un- 

 gues plumosi. 



Beak short, arcuated. 

 Head furnished with ear-like 

 feathers. 



Facial disc large. 

 Ears large. 



Legs slender, clothed with 

 feathers to the claws. 



Sp. 1. Ot. Ascalaphus. Cuvier. 



Ot. rufo-ferrugineus fusco maculatus, alis dorsoquefusco vermi- 



cidatis, ventreque transverse lineatc ; auricidce breves. 

 Rusty-red Ear-Owl spotted with brown, witli the wings and back 



vermiculated, and the belly transversely lineated with brown ; 



the earlike feathers short. 

 Strix Ascalaphus. Savigny Egypt. Temm. PL Col. 57. 



Inhabits Africa. Length about eighteen inches : 

 beak black : the body, wings, and tail are whitish- 



