352 owi,. 



between light ash-colour; the wings, when closed, reach to the base 

 ; legs covered 1 

 Inhabits India. 



of it ; legs covered to the claws with ash-coloured down 



A. — The length, from tip of the bill to the end of the quills, 

 when closed, is 14 in. Bill blue; irides yellow; head round; that, 

 and all the upper parts, wings, and tail ash-coloured brown ; all the 

 under parts dusky white, marked with regular blotches of pale ash- 

 colour; length of the tail uncertain, as in the drawing from whence 

 this description was taken, it was greatly mutilated, and ragged, so 

 as to be only equal in length to the end of the closed quills ; legs 

 naked, yellow ; claws black. 



In general appearance of colour it is like the last described, but 

 appears to be a larger, and more bulky bird ; probably differing 

 in sex. 



51.— SPOTTED-INDIAN OWL. 



SIZE uncertain ; length, in the drawing, lOin. or more. Bill 

 greenish blue ; irides yellow ; round the eyes for a small space white, 

 but chiefly so nearest the bill ; the chin is also white, margined with 

 ash-colour, and next to this a broader band of white ; at the base of 

 the bill some long bristles ; plumage on the upper parts of the body 

 and wings cinereous brown ; crown and nape red brown, marked 

 with numerous white spots ; the wings, too, are spotted with white, 

 but the spots much larger than those on the head ; the bastard wing 

 and tertial coverts marked with white at the tips ; quills crossed in 



