320 OWL. 



tawny mixed, finely undulated with brown ; ears composed of short 

 feathers, arising at the back of the head, and brown; the crown darker, 

 with transverse brown lines, and other markings ; under parts of the 

 body pale tawny, crossed with numerous fine brown lines, the colour 

 deepest, and more inclined to tawny on the breast; shoulders of the 

 wings brown at the bend ; quills and tail spotted with brown ; 

 legs feathered to the toes, marked much the same as the under parts ; 

 claws black. 



A figure of the above is among the collection of drawinp-s 

 belonging to Mr. Dent. — Native place unknown. 



17.— BRAZILIAN EARED OWL. 



Strix biaslliana, Ind. Orn. i. 55. GVi. Lin. i. 289. Daud. ii. 220. Shaw's Zool. vii. 2.31. 

 Noctua brasiliensis, Cabuve, Raii. p. 26. Will. p. 69. Klein, p. 57. B%if. i. 383. 

 Le Cabure, Voy d'Azara iii. No. 49. 

 Brasilian eared Owl, Gen- Si/n. i. 1'25. JVilL Eng. p. 107. 



SIZE of a thrush. Bill yellowish ; irides yellow ; on the sides 

 of the head are feathers that represent ears, which it can erect at will ; 

 under the eyes, on each side of the bill, several long dusky hairs ; 

 plumage on the head, upper parts and tail, dilute umber colour, 

 variegated on the head and neck a^ ith very small white spots, and on 

 the wings with greater. Breast and lower belly white, with pale 

 umber spots ; tail waved with white ; legs short, covered with yellow 

 feathers, and the wings reach very little beyond the base. 



Inhabits Brazil, and there called Cabure, is easily made tame, 

 and will play with any person, like a monkey, besides which it can 

 turn its head quite round, so that the bill touches the back, and fi-e- 

 quently puts itself into other droll attitudes. 



