THE 



LEAST HORNED OWL. 



Generic Character. 



Bill hooked, not furnifhed with a cere. 

 Nojlrils covered with recumbent briftly feathers. 

 Head large : Ears and Eyes very large. 

 Tongue bifid. 



Specific Character, &c. 



HORNED OWL with pale grey plumage, va- 

 ried with fpecks and markings of black and 

 brownifh; the long feathers of the wings 

 fpotted with white. 



SIBERIAN OWL. 



Latham. Synopf. vol. l. p. 130. 



The bird here reprefented in its natural fize, is the 

 Icaft fpecies of Owl yet known; it is of that divifion 

 of the genus which contains the fpecies commonly cal- 

 led Horned Owls, or fuch as have a tuft of feathers 

 Handing up on each fide of the forehead. It is a na- 

 tive of Siberia, and is found in feveral parts of Ruffia. 

 It is a fpecies of uncommon elegance of plumage. The 



L 2 gen 



