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S. nebulofa. Lath. ind. orn. i. 58. n. 23. — Barred Owl. Are!, zoo!, ii. 234 n. 122. Lath. fyn. 

 1. 133. t. 18. — Clouded Owl. Nat. mifc. N°. ix. t. 25. — Grey Owl. Phil, tranf. lxii. 386". 



Inhabits Hudfon's Bay and New York.' — This is a large fpecies, weighing three pounds, meafuring 

 two feet in length, and four feet in extent of wings ; it preys on hares, mice, &c. The bill is 

 pale yellow, and bcfet with ftrong briftles ; the hides are yellow, and the eyes are furrounded by a 

 large whitifh circle; the primary wing quills are very diftindtly barred with black and white; the legs, 

 feet, and toes are feathered with whitifh ; the wings are fhorter than the tail. 



23. Sooty Owl. ^-1 1. Strix cinerea. 26. 



The head, fcrag, and wing coverts, are footy, with narrow dirty white bars ; the bread 

 and belly are dirty white, much covered with large, oblong, dufky brown blotches. 



S. cinerea. Lath. ind. orn. i. 58. n. 22. — Sooty Owl. Ar£t. zool. ii. 232. n. 120. — Cinereous 

 Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 134. n. 19. fup. 45. 



' Inhabits Hudfon's Bay. — This fpecies is as large as the laft ; it flies about in pairs, preying on 

 hares, rabbits, &c. ; breeds in the pine trees, laying two eggs, which are fpotted with dufky, in the 

 middle of May, and the young ones are able to fly in the end of July : The bill is whitifh ; the hi- 

 des are yellow ; the primary wing quills are dsep brown, with broad bars of dufky, and pale afh co- 

 loured ftreaks ; the tail is irregularly marked with oblique ftreaks of brown and dirty white ; the 

 eyes are furrounded with alternate black and pale afh coloured circular ftreaks ; a part of the fkin, 

 from the chin along the breaft and belly to the vent, is bare of feathers for near an inch in breadth ; 

 ■this laft circumftance is an uncommon diftin&ive mark, if it is not merely accidental. 



24. Spectacle Owl. — Strix perfpicillata. 



The head is white, fmooth, and downy ; the fpace round the eyes, the chitij and the 

 upper part of the body, are reddifh brown ; the under parts of the body are reddifh 

 white, and the breaft is barred with reddifh brown. Lath. ind. orn. i. 58. n. 24. Syn. 

 fup. 50. t. 107; 



Inhabits Cayenne. — This fpecies is fmaller than the two preceding, meafuring twenty-one inches 

 long ; the head is fmall, and is covered with a v/oolly-like downy plumage, having a yellow bill ; the 

 legs, feet, and toes are feathered to the claws* 



25. Spotted Owl.— 22. Strix maculata. 27. 



The back and rump are white, with dufky fpots ; the breaft and belly are dirty white, 

 with numerous tranfverfe reddifii lines ; the fcapulars and wing coverts are white, 

 with dufky reddifh longitudinal bars. 



S. Wapacuthu. Syft. hat. ed. Gm. 291. ri. 27. Lath. ind. orn* i. 58. h. 21. — Wapacuthu Owl. 

 Arch zool. ii. 23 1. n. 119. Lath. fyn. fup. 49. 



Inhabits Hudfon's Bay* — This is a large fpecies, meafuring two feet long, by four in extent, and 



weighing five pounds ; it lives in the woods, preying on mice and fmall birds ; builds on the bare 



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