53 8 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Owl. 



with brown, and edged round with black ; the rump is brown, with paler bars ; the tail and wings 

 are long. 



245 40. Ural Owl. — $5. Strix uraknjis. i>5- 



The body is white, each feather having an oblong longitudinal brown fpot in the middle. 

 Lepech. it. ii. t. 3. Pall. it. i. 455. n. 7. 



S. funerea uralenfis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 63. n. 35. y. — Chouette a. longue queue, de liberie. PL 

 enl. n. 463. — Ural Owl.' Lath. fyn. i. 148. n. 37. 



Inhabits the Uralian mountains in Siberia. — This fpecies is about the fize of a Hen : The bill is 

 pale waxen yellow; the irides and eyelids are black; the orbits are alh coloured ; the rump is white; 

 the tail is long and wedge fhaped. Thefe two laft fpecies are fufpefted to be varieties of the Canadian 

 owl, by Dr Gmelin, and are ranked as fuch by Mr Latham : Mr Pennant quotes them indifcrimi- 

 riately without hinting at any variation. 



246 4r. Cafpian Owl. — 36. Strix accipitrina. 36. 



The body is yellowifh above; its under parts are yellowiln white, having each fide 

 fmeared longitudinally with blackifli, and the belly is dotted with black ; the irides 

 are citron yellow. Pall. it. i. 455. n. 6. S. G. Gmel. it. ii. 163. t. 9. 

 S. Ulula accipitrina. Lath. ind. orn. i. 60. n. 27. y. — Cafpian Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 147. n. 36. 



Inhabits near the Cafpian. — This fpecies is of the fame fize with the Brown Owl, of which it is 

 reckoned a variety by Mr Latham ; by Mr Pennant it is quoted as a fynonime of the Canadian Owl, 

 and Dr Gmelin fufpedls it may be a variety of that fpecies. The bill is black; the under furfaces of 

 the wings and the ventlet are white ; the wing quill feathers are yellowifh outwardly, and white, 

 chequered with black, on their under furfaces ; the tail is blackilh, rounded, fhorter than the wings, 

 ]?arred with white, and whitifh at the fides. 



247 42. Java Owl. — 37. Strix javanica. 37. 



Of an afli colour, reddifh in fdme parts, with white and black fpots; the under parts 

 are dirty white, reddifh in fome parts, and fpotted with black. De Wurmb, in Lich- 

 tenb. magaz. iv. 2. 10. Lath. ind. orn. i. 64. n. 39. 



Inhabits Java. — Its fize is not mentioned. 



248 43. New- Zealand Owl. — Strix novae-fcelandiae. 



Of a brown colour, the feathers being edged with tawny;- the orbits are tawny; the tail 

 is brown, with paler bars. 

 S. fulva. Lath, ind, orii. i. 65. n. 45. — New-zealand Owl. Lath. fyn. fup. 48. n. 39. 



249 /2. Spotted New-zealand Owl. — S. novae ' feclandiae maculata. 



Of a brown colour above, with white fpots ; the under parts are tawny. 



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