OWL. 313 



with zig-zag black lines ; bill, irides, and legs, as in the other. 

 Inhabits Italy. 



B. — Hibon a Cravate blanche, Daud. ii. 213. 



This is like the Long-Eared Owl, excepting that it has a band 

 of white round the neck ; the vent feathers are also white. 



C Strix deminuta, Ind. Orn. i. p. 56. Pall. It. ii. 707. Gm. Lin. i. 290. Daud. ii. 



213. Shaiv's Zool. vii. 238. 

 Yaichan Eared Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 128. 



We leani very little more concerning this, than its being under 

 the Scops as to size, and weighing less than a pound, but so like the 

 Great Eared Owl, that, excepting the plumage being less elegant 

 and distinct, one description might serve. 



It is said to be found both in the woody and mountainous parts, 

 bordering on the Yaick, and Ural Mountains, in Siberia. 



11.— AMERICAN EARED OWL. 



Strix Americana, Ind. Orn. i. p. 54. Daud. ii. 214. Shaw's Zool. vii. 228. 

 Asio Americanus, Bris. i. 498. Id. Svo. i. 145. Gm. Lin. i. 288. 

 Bubo ocro-ciner. pectore macnloso, Feuil. Jour, des Obs. p. 59. 

 American Eared Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 122, 



SI2^ of the Long-Eared Owl. Bill luteous, irides gold-colour; 

 round the eyes ash-colour ; plumage on the head, and upper paits 



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