STltlGIDJi. 



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Sp. 1. Ny. Erminea. 



Strix Nyctea. Shaw, v. vii. p. 240.pl. 31. — Strix Erminea. 

 S/mru,, v. vii. p. 251. — England and the north of Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Ny ? Wapacuthu. 

 Strix Wapacuthu. Shaw, v. vii. p. 243. — North America. 



GENUS XXXIX — NOCTUA, Savigny. NIGHT-OWL. 



Beak short, arched. 



Facial disc small, imperfect. 



Egrets none. 

 Ears small, oval. 

 Legs more or less naked. 

 Tail short. 



A. Tarsi and toes feathered. 



Rostrum breve, arcuatum. 

 Discus faciei parvus, ira- 



perfectus. 

 Auriculce nullse. 

 Aures parvae, ovales. 

 Pedes plus minusve nudi. 

 Cauda brevis. 



A. Tarsis digitisque plumosis. 



Sp. 1. No. pygmsea. Becks. 



Strix passerina. Shaw, v, vii. p. 264. — Strix Tengmalmi. 

 Shaiv, v. vii. p. 267. — Strix pusilla. Shaw, v. vii. p. 267. — 

 England and Europe. 

 Sp. 2. No. passerina. Meyer. 



Strix acadiensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 266. — Strix Transatlantica. 

 Shaw, v. vii. 264 r — The north of Europe and of America. 

 Sp. 3. No. occipitalis. 

 No. supra Jusco Jlavoque variata, albo maculata ; subtus albida 



rufo lineata ; J route et capite supremo rufis albo punctatis, 



remigibus fusco rujbquefosciatis. 

 Night- Owl above varied with brown and yellow, and spotted with 



white ; beneath whitish striped with rufous ; with the forehead 



and upper part of the head rufous dotted with white ; the quills 



banded with red and brown. 

 Strix occipitalis. Temm. PI. Col. 34. 



Inhabits Africa. Length seven inches : the fore- 

 head and the upper part of the head are reddish, 

 dotted with white : the upper parts of the body are 

 brown or yellow, with white spots encircled with 



