360 OWL. 



chestnut, powdered with darker dots, and crossed with bars of tlie 

 same, at half an inch distance ; legs feathered to the toes ; claws 

 dusky. 



Inhabits China.- — In the collection of Gen. Davies- I observe 

 one very similar, if not the same, among the drawings of General 

 Hardwicke, found at Cawnpore, in India, in September. 



62.— UNDULATED OWL. 



Strix undulata, Ind. Orn. Sup. p.xvu. Shaiv's Zool.vii. 257. 

 Undulated Owl, Gen. Si/n. Sup. ii. p. 368. 



LENGTH 12 in. The bill is large, strong, of a bluish lead- 

 colour, and beset with stiff bristles at the base ; the general colour 

 of the plumage like that of the Brown Owl, but most of the wing- 

 coverts, and lesser quills, are marked at the ends with white ; the 

 whole of the head and throat uniform in colour, but from thence 

 to the vent the feathers are margined with white, giving an undu- 

 lated appearance; legs yellow; toes bare of feathers ; claws black. 



Inhabits Norfolk Island in the Southern Ocean — Gen. Davies. 



63.— LARGE-EYED OWL. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill yellow, irides the same ; plumage on the 

 upper parts ta\vny, marked with small white spots on the crown 

 and nape ; circles round the eyes white, and large ; the back, and 



