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O R D. I. G E N. II. O W L. 



SPE. V. BROWN OWL. 



PI. 27. 



Strix Aluco. Lin. Syji. I. p. 132. 

 La Hulotte. Br if. Orn. I, p. 507. 3. 



In this fpecies the head, wings, back, and tail, are of a deep brown, beau- 

 tifully blotched, clouded, and dotted, with black brown : the wing coverts have 

 fome of the feathers edged with white : the breaft, and belly, are of a pale 

 orange brown colour, enriched with oblong clouded and dotted markings : 

 eyes dark brown : edges of the ftifF feathers round the eyes whitilh : quill fea- 

 thers brown grey, barred with black : under part of the tail feathers grey, 

 clouded with brown: the four exterior quill feathers are ferrated on the 

 outer edges. 



