OWL. f351 



ramp wliite ; the outer edges of the three outer quills are serrated ; 

 the fovuth and fifth are also serrated, but only at the ends ; the first 

 the shortest ; tail cuneiform and long ; legs covered with dirty white 

 down. 



This inhabits the parts about the Uralian Chain, among the 

 rocks, and is a common bird, but not met with farther up in Siberia. 



It is probable, that the bird figured in the jil- enl. 463, may be 

 the same, as the length of tail agrees ; however, in the latter, the 

 irides are yellow ; face and cheeks whitish ; head brown and white 

 mixed ; upper parts of the body whitish, spotted with brown black ; 

 beneath the same, crossed with brown lines ; on the wings four bars 

 of bro^vn, and the greater quills barred with the same ; tail brown, 

 pretty long, and marked with several slender white bars ; legs 

 feathered, pale. 



Some late writers have conceived, that the three Owls above 

 mentioned are distinct species; but on this head I cannot alter my 

 opinion, before advanced, of their constituting only one, whatever 

 variation may be observed between them, arising alone from climate ; 

 I have seen many fi-om Russia, Sweden, and Hudson's Bay, as well 

 as having specimens from both the latter in my own collection, and 

 can therefore venture to affirm, that they so nearly accord, as not 

 to admit of separation. 



50.— INDIAN OWL. 



LENGTH 14 in. Bill lead-colour; irides yellow; colour of the 

 plumage in geueral deep ash ; face circles not differing ; under parts 

 paler ; both above and beneath undulated with a darker colour ; the 

 wings rather deeper than the rest ; tail 4jin. long, the base and end 

 very dark, between which are three more narrow bars ; the parts 



