THE 



CLOUDED OWL. 



GENER IC Ciia RA C TER . 



Bill crooked (not furnifhed with a cere.) 

 Nofirils covered with recumbent briftly feathers. 

 Head large : Ears and Eyes large. 

 Tongue bifid. 



Lin. Syjl. Nat. — Accipilres. 



Specific Character, &c. 



OWL tranfverfly fafciated with brown and whi- 

 tifli, the belly white with oblong ferrugi- 

 nous fpots. 



BARRED OWL. 



Pennant. Arfl. Zool. p. 234. 

 Lath. Synopf. p. 133. 



This is one of the larger fpecies of Owls, though 

 inferior m fize to fome others of the genus. A fpeci- 

 men defcribed by Dr. Forster. in the Philofophical 

 Tranfactions weighed three pounds, and was in length 

 fixtecn inches, and in breadth, when extended, four 

 feet. The whole bird is tranfverfly barred with brown 

 and whitifli ; the bars being fmalleft, and moft nume- 



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