310 OWL. 



and tail, rufous brown, with fine undulated black lines; greater 

 quills the same; on the secondaries four transverse, pale rufous 

 bands, and the outer webs of the prime ones spotted with rufous 

 white. The forehead white ; fore part of the head pale rufous ; on 

 each feather of the throat a dash of black down the shaft, broader 

 at the end ; breast, belly, and thighs, of a deeper rufous, marked in 

 the same manner down the shaft, and crossed by bands of white ; 

 legs black. 



Inhabits China. 



9.— COROMANDEL EARED OWL. 



Strix coromanda, Ind. Orn. i. p. 95. Daud. Orn. ii. 215. SJiaw's Zool. vii. 220. 

 Hibou de Coromandel, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 186. 

 Coromandel eared Owl, Gen. Sym Sup. p. 44. 



THIS is one-third less than the last. Bill black ; irides yellow ; 

 cheeks white; head and upper parts rufous grey, spotted with rufous 

 white ; second quills the same, crossed with rufous white bands, on e 

 of which is at the end ; prime quills darker, spotted on the outer 

 web like the others; the tail is also similar, crossed with three bands; 

 the under parts of the body reddish, transversely marked with 

 curved bands of black ; legs reddish, and feathered to the claws. 



Inhabits the coast of Coromandel ; whether this or the last has 

 the eared feathers, is not said, but the name Hibou being applied, it 

 should seem to belong to the eared species. In some drawings at Sir 

 Joseph Banks's, I met with one corresponding exactly as to colour 

 and the length of the drawing was 20 in. ; this had vast ears, standing 

 upright over the forehead. 



