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not so iuUy clothed with feathers as many of the genus, giving some- 

 what the appearance of a Hawk ; the head and neck are white, and 

 the feathers of a woolly texture ; on each side of the head a large 

 patch of black brown surrounding the eyes ; chin also of the same 

 colour ; the upper parts of the body red brown, coming forwards 

 on the breast as a broad belt ; the under parts of the body rufous 

 white ; quills and tail brown, crossed witli bars of darker brown, 

 the tip of the last white ; legs feathered to the toes; claws deep 

 horn-colour, or black, 



Inhabits Cayenne, described from one in the Leverian Museum, 

 a label affixed to it was inscribed Le Plongeur. 



A. — In the British Museum I observed one nearly similar, this 

 was 16 in. long ; general colour of the plumage above chocolate 

 brown ; the whole of the head, and across the breast of that colour ; 

 over the eye a half circle of white; tail chocolate brown, crossed witli 

 six or seven paler bars ; tips of the feathers white ; all the under 

 parts of the plumage, except the bar on the breast, white; legs 

 feathered to the toes. 



This was said to come from some part of South America, and I 

 imagine it to differ only in sex from the Spectacle Owl. 



One in Mr. Bullock's Museum, is fine buff-colour beneath the 

 body, and the chin dark brown. 



The Macagua, as above quoted from Azara, seems to be no 

 other than this Owl ; it is said to have a note resembling that word, 

 and which it pronounces distinctly ; it is found chiefly in the wet 

 marshes, and perches on the dry branches of high trees ; not found 

 beyond 29 deg. latitude ; is a stupid bird ; said to wage war with 

 saiakes, among other things, and to kill them by flapping with the 



