08 STRIGIDJE. 



Inhabits South America. Length nine inches : 

 all the upper parts of the plumage are red : the top 

 of the head is spotted with white : the back and wings 

 are ashy-red with round white spots : the quills are 

 of a browner tinge, and the spots are oval and reddish- 

 white : the tail-feathers are red, brownish towards 

 the tip ; with four transverse bands of reddish-white, 

 placed at equal distances on all the intermediate fea- 

 thers ; while the outer feather on each side is whitish- 

 red, with two small brown bands towards the tip : 

 the forehead, the eyebrows, and the face are reddish- 

 white, deepest on the cheeks : the breast is white, 

 with large transverse reddish-white spots : the rest of 

 the under parts is white, irregularly shaded with brig] it 

 reddish. 



Sp. 13. No. pumila. 



No. rnfo-fusca albo liigroqite maculata ; subtu.s rnfb alboque va- 



ricgata ; caudd nigricante-juscdjhsciis tribus macularum cons* 



positis albis. 

 Red-brown Night-Owl spotted with white and black; beneath 



variegated with red and white; with the tail dusky, with three 



white fascial composed of spots. 



Strix pnniila. llliger. Temm. Pi. Col. 39. 



Inhabits South America. Length near six inches : 

 the top of the head, forehead, and nape, are brown, 

 spotted with white : the nape is spotted with black 

 and white : the back and the wings are reddish-brown ; 

 the edge of the latter is white, and their lesser coverts 

 are spotted with the same colour : the inner webs of 

 the quills are indistinctly banded with brown and 

 red ; and the outer ones are marked with small square 



