324 OWL. 



funiislied with a large cere; nostrils oblique; body ferruginous, above 

 varied with bro^vnish, beneath lineated with black ; quills and tail 

 brown, fasciated with yellowish grey — first quill short, second a 

 trifle longer, third irregularly increasing, fourth, fifth, and sixth, 

 longer; legs elongated; shins naked, reticulated; toes strong. 



Inhabits Java, called there Blo-Ketupu. We are indebted to 

 Dr. Horsfield for the three last described. 



23.— SCOPS EARED OWL. * 



Strix Scops, /nrf. Orn. i. p. 56. Lin.i.UQ. Gm. Lin. i. 290. Rail. p. 25. Will.6.5, 

 1. 12. Biis. i. 495. t. 37. 1. Id. Svo. 144. Klein. Av. p, 57. Daiid. ii. 218. 

 Shaw's Zool. vii. 233. Tern. Man. p. 46. Id. Ed. 2. p. 103. 



Scops, ou petit Due, Biif. i. 353. t. 24. PI. enl. 436. Gunth. Nest. v. Et/. t. 40; 

 Zimian. Uov. p. 98. 1. 16. f. 87. Hist. Prov. i. 338. 



Baumeule, Naturf. vii. s. 57. 



Strix Zorca, Ind. Orn. i. 56? Gm. Lin. i. 289 r* 



Little horn Owl, Will. Engl. 101. pi. 12. 



Scops eared Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 129. Id. Sup. A3. 



THIS is an elegant species, and Tjin. long. Bill black ; irides 

 yellow ; the whole plumage variegated Avith grey, rufous-brown, 

 and blackish ; on the upper parts the brown predominates, on the 

 under the grey ; quills transversely barred w ith nifous white ; the 

 eared feathers consist of an assemblage of several, to be erected at 

 at the will of the bird, and not of a single feather as has been 

 generally supposed ; is said to vary considerably in the colours of 

 the plumage. 



This species is common in many parts of Europe, but has 



* No description of plumage given, nierelj- saying that the ear feathers are eight or nine 

 in number, and is found about Sardinia. 



