326 OWL. 



is the same bird ; observing, that one of the names for the Soops is 

 Chill or Chivino, and that the one last described is known by the 



same names. 



24.— WHITE-FRONTED OWL. 



Strix albifrons, /nrf. Orn. Sup. p. xiv. Shatv's Zool. vii. 238. Nat. Misc. pi. 171. 

 Bubo albifrons, Vieill. Am. i. p. 54. 

 White-fronted Owl, Gen, Sijn. Sup. ii. p. 58; 



SIZE of the Little Owl ; length Sin. General colour of the 

 plnmage on the upper parts bro\vn ; the circle of feathers round the 

 eyes dark, fringed at the back part with white ; between the eyes, 

 over tlie bill, and the chin, Avhite ; tlie under parts from thence yellow 

 buff; across the breast a pale brown band ; on the wing coverts a 

 spot or two of white ; the first five quills marked with a white spot 

 on the outer, and the second quills with the same on the inner 

 margins; the first quill serrated on the outer edge the whole length, 

 the second the same, half way from the tip ; tail marked as the 

 quills ; legs feathered ; bill black ; toes dusky. 



This was brought from Quebec by Gen. Davies in 1790, and 

 with it another much smaller, which he had in his possession alive ; 

 it differed in being more dusky, and the circles of the face not fringed 

 at the back part, otherwise so like, as to be supposed merely differing 

 in age, or sex ; the General observed to me, that this bird frequently 

 erected two feathers over the eyes, but although I inspected the 

 specimens veiy narrowly, I could not find any feathers longer than 

 the rest, which circumstance is also noticed in respect to the Short- 

 eared species. 



