346 OWL. 



43 —AUSTRIAN WHITE OWL. 



Stnx alba, Ind. Orn. i. 61. Gm. Lin. i. 293. Scop. Ann. i; No. 14. Daud. ii. 200. 



Shaw's ZooJ. vii. 247. 

 Austrian Wlilte Owl, Gejt. Si/n. i. 136. 



SIZE of the last. Bill white ; body spotted above rufous and 

 grey ; beneath wholly white ; circle of the face encompassed with a 

 rufous margin, making it appear very beautiful ; tail tipped witli 

 white. 



44.-^AUSTRIAN RUFOUS OWL. 



Strix Noctua, Ind. Orn. i. 61. Scop. i. No. 15. Gm. Lin. ii. 293. Shaw's Zool. vii. 



252. Daiid. ii. 200. 

 Austrian rufous Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 136. 



SIZE of a dove. Irides yellow ; plumage pale rufous, longi- 

 tudinally marked \v'\\h. brown spots. 



Inhabits Camiola, in the woods about Laubach. 



45.— AUSTRIAN FERRUGINOUS OWL. 



strix rufa, Lid. Orn. i. 62. Scop. i. No. 16. Gm. Lin. i. 293. Gerin. t. 96 ? Daud. 



ii. 200. Shaw's Zool. vii. 252. 

 Austrian ferruginous Owl, Gen. Syn. i. 137. 



SIZE of the last. Irides bluish; body fen'uginous, spotted 

 with brown. 



