533 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Owl. 



21 5 12. Brafilian Owl. — io. St rise brafiliana. 18. 



The body is pale rufty brown above, with white fpotsj and whitifli below, with rufty 

 brown fpots. 



S. brafiliana. Lath. ind. orn. i. 55. n. 12. — Afio brafilienfis. BriiT. orn. 145. n. 8. — Nottua bra- 

 filienfis, Cabure. Raj. av. 26. n. 7.— Ulula brafilienfis. Klein, av. 57. n. 8. — Cabure, Caboure. 

 Will. orn. 107. n. 8. Buft". oif. i. 383. — Brafilian eared Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 125. n. 10. 



Inhabits Brafil, — Is about the fize of a Thru/h ; the wing quill feathers are barred with white ; 

 the bill, irides, legs, feet, and toes, are yellowifh ; the legs are fhort. 



216 1 j. Mottled Owl.— 1 1. Strix nacuia. 19. 



The body is grey, its under parts paler, and both are fpotted with black and rutty; the 

 feathers of the head and bread are dotted with black. 



S. n'aevia. Lath. ind. orn. i. 5$. n. 13.— Mottled Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 126. n. 11. Arch zool. ii. 

 231. n. 118. Faun. amer. fept. 9. 



Inhabits New-york. — Is eleven inches long ; breeds in May, and does not migrate. The face is 

 white, with brown fpots ; the head, wings, and upper parts of the body, are mottled with afli colour 

 and pale red ; the fcapulars, and wing coverts, have large white fpots; the primary wing quills are 

 fpotted with black and pale rufty; the breaft and belly are whitifli grey, with longitudinal dufky rag- 

 ged ftripes ; the legs and feet are feathered to the toes. 



21 7 14. Indian Owl. — 1 2. Strix indica. 20. 



The back is dufky ; the wing coverts are grey, with narrow longitudinal black lines ; 

 the breaft is buff coloured, with fmall fagittal black fpots ; the wings are tranfverfe- 

 ly barred with black and white. 



S. Bakkamuna. Lath. ind. orn. i. 56. n. 14. — Otus Bakkamoena, Little horned Owl. Ind. zool. 

 ed. 2d. n. iii. t. 3. — Little Hawk Owl. Ind. zool. ed. ift. n. 3. — Indian eared Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 

 127. n. 12. 



Inhabits Ceylon. — This fpecies is rare, and very fmall, as the figure in the Indian Zoology, which 

 is faid to be of the natural llze, meafures only four inches and a half long: The bill is dufky, and 

 furrounded with long briftles ; the head is deep afli colour, circularly ftriped with paler ; the ears, 

 or horns, rife from the bafe of the bill and diverge outwards, being dufky on their inner and white 

 on their outer fides ; the irides are fcailet ; the orbits are pale afli, furrounded with yellowifh brown; 

 the legs are feathered only half way, their lower naked part, and the feet, are reddifh yellow. 



218 15. Sardinian Owl. — 13. Strix Zorca. 2t. 



The bill is greenifh yellow; the ears are compofed of eight or nine feathers. Cetti, uc. 

 f.rd. 60. Lath. ind. orn, i. 56. n. 15. 



Inhabits Sardinia and Italy. — This fpecies meafures feven inches in length; it is folitary, does not 

 migrate, and makes a howling noife ; the feet and toes are naked. 



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