204 SHORT EARED OWL. Crass Ih” 
inches: the irides are of a bright yellow: the bill 
black: the circle of feathers furrounding the eyes 
is white tipt with reddifh and dufky fpots, and 
the part next the bill black: the breaft and belly: 
are of a dull yellow, marked with flender brown 
ftrokes pointing downwards: the thighs and vent. 
feathers of the fame color, but unfpotted. The 
back and coverts of the wings are varied with deep 
brown and yellow: the quil feathers of the fame 
color, but near the ends, of the outmoft is a broad 
bar of red: the tail is marked with dufky and 
reddifh bars, but beneath appears afh colored: the 
horns or ears are about an inch long, and confift of 
fix feathers variegated with yellow and black: the 
feet are feathered down to the claws. 
66. SHoRT Br. Zool, 71. Tab. B. 3. and B. 4, Fig. 2. 
EARED. 
7 ‘HE horns of this fpecies are very fmall, and 
each confifts of only a fingle feather; thefe 
it can raife or deprefs at pleafure,; and in a dead 
bird they are with difficulty difcovered. This 
kind is fcarcer than the former; both are folitary 
birds, avoiding inhabited places. Thefe fpecies 
may be called long winged owls; the wings when 
clofed reaching beyond the end of the tail; where- 
as in the common kinds, they fall fhort of it. | 
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