342 OWL. 



wings ; the length is 18in. ; extent 36 in. ; bill black ; cere yellow ; 

 irides rufous ; legs pale yellow, 



B. — Strlx personata, Dmid.'n. 192. Shaw''s Zool. vu. 240. 



larvata, Nat. Misc. pi. 801. Masked Owl. 



Chouette a Masque nolr, Levail. Afr. i. p. 172. pi. 44. 



SIZE of the last described. Bill dusky ; general colour of the 

 plumage white, but the whole face is quite black ; wings and tail 

 reddish brown ; on the first some markings, and the latter is very 

 short, about even with the quills, when the wings are closed ; legs 

 feathered to the toes. 



It was brought from Cayenne, and is probably the young of 

 some species related to the Spectacle'Owl. In the collection of the 

 late M. C. Gigot D'Orey, of Paris, 



40.— DOWNY OWL. 



Chouette 4, collier, Levail. i. 169. pi. 42. Daiid. ii. 193. 



Strlx superciliosa, Shaw's Zool. vii. 251. 



Le Nacurutu sans aigrettes, Voy. d'Azara iii. No. 43. 



THIS differs from the Spectacle Owl, in having the throat 

 white, which passes between the eyes and over them as an eyebrow, 

 otheiwise the head is deep nifous. 



One of these was killed at Surinam ; inhabits also Paraguay. 

 M. D'Azara obsei-ves, that the whole of the plumage, except the 

 wings and tail, appears curled, and so fine and delicate to the touch, 

 as to imitate tlie feel of white cotton, especially that of the head. 



