OWL. 309 



7.— CEYLONESE EARED O^YL. 



Strix Ceylonensis, Bid. Orn. i. p. 52. Gm. Lin. i, 287. Daud.'n. p. 211. Shaw's 



Zool. vli, 218. 

 Ceylonese Horned Owl, Gen. Syn, i. 120. Id. Sup. p. 41. Brorvn. III. p. 8. pi. 4. 



LENGTH 21 in \ weight 2lbs. 9foz. The bill is horn-coloured; 

 irides yellow ; plumage above pale reddish brown, beneath yellowish 

 white, each feather marked with four or five dusky bars, and 

 streaked with black down the shafts ; circles round the face pale 

 reddish brown, streaked with black ; ears short, and pointed ; prime 

 quills and tail barred with black, white, and pale red ; legs naked 

 to the knees. 



Inhabits Ceylon, and is there called Raia Allia; is probably 

 found in Sumatra, as Mr. Marsden observes, that several Owls are 

 seen there, particularly the Great Horned one, by which he most 

 probably meant this species.* In some fine drawings, sent from the 

 Province of Oude, to Lord Mountnorris, is one of these, named 

 Wooloe.f This seems allied to the Hutum Eared OwL 



8.— CHINESE EARED OWL. 



Strix Sinensis, Ind. Orn. i. p. 53. Daud. ii. 209. Shatv's Zool. vii. p. 219. 

 Hibou de la Chine, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 185. 

 Chinese Eared Owl, Gen. Syn. Slip. p. 44. 



SIZE of the Long-Eared-Owl ; length about 15 inches. Bill 

 black ; top of the head, hind part of the neck, back, wing coverts, 



* Hist. Sumatr, p. 98. f The Indian Eared Owl called 'Woollock, both names no 



doubt from its cry. 



