528 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Owl. 



Chinefe eared Owl. Lath. fyn. fup. 4. 



Inhabits China. — Is about the fame fize with the Long-eared Owl : The bill and legs are black ; ; 

 the fecondary wing quill feathers are each marked with four blackifh bars. 



207 6. Coromandel Owl. — Strix coromanda. 



The body is greyifh red above, with reddifh white fpots ; its under parts are pale red, 

 with ftnall femilunar black fpots. Lath. ind. orn. i. 53. n. 5. 

 Hibou de Coromandel. Sonner. voy. ii. 1 86. — Coromandel eared Owl. Lath. fyn. fup. 44. 



Inhabits India, on the Coromandel coaft. — This fpecies is considerably fmaller than the preceding; 

 the bill is black ; the irides are yellow ; the legs are reddifh ; the cheeks are white ; the wing and 

 tail quills are barred with reddifh white. 



208 7. Red Owl. — 5. Strix Afio. 3. 



Of a rufty or tawny red above, and afh coloured below ; the wings being marked with 

 five white fpots. 



S. Afio. Lath. ind. orn. i. 54. n. 10. Faun, groenl. n. 37. — Scops carolinenfis. BruT. av. i. 497. 



Little Owl. Catefby, carol, i. t. 7. — Red eared Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 123. n. 8. 



Inhabits North America, and Greenland. — This fpecies is ten inches and a half long : The upper 

 parts of the body are marked with black ftreaks, and the lower with oblong black fpots; the fcapu- 

 lars are marked with large white fpots, which are probably the five white fpots on the wings that are 

 noticed in. the character ; the primary wing quills are barred with black, red, and white; the tail is 

 red, with dufky bars; the legs are feathered to the origin of the claws. 



209 8. Mexican Owl. — 6. Strix mexicana. 15. 



Is variegated with brown and black. 



S. mexicana. Lath. ind. orn. i. 54. n. 9. — Afio mexicanus. BrifT. orn. 146. n. 9. — Tecolotl. 

 Raj. av. 160.— Mexican eared Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 123. n. 7. 



Inhabits Mexico, and New-fpain.- — The eyes are large, and have golden yellow irides.. 



2.10 9- American Owl. — 7. Strix americana* 16. 



The head and upper parts of the body are afh coloured; the under parts are rufty; the 

 rump is white, with black fpots; the wings and tail are rufty, with tranfverfe afh 

 coloured and grey ftreaks. 



S. americana. Lath. ind. orn. i. 54. n. 8. — Afio americanus. BrhT. orn. 145. n. 7. — Bubo ocro-- 

 cinereus. Feuill, journ. des obf. ed. 1725. p. 59.- — American eared Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 122. n. 6. 



Inhabits South America. — Is about the fame fize with the next, or Long-eared Owl, of which both 

 Dr Gmelin and Mr Latham fufpecT: it may only be a variety : The bill is yellow; the irides golden 

 yellow; the orbits are afh coloured; the legs and feet are yellow, with black claws. 



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