OWL. 365 



70— COQUTMBO OWL. 



Strlx cunicularia, //id. Orn. i. p. G3. Gm. LJH. i. 292. 5m. i. 525. N. 7t/. 8vo. 153. 



Baud. ii. 201. MoHii. Chil. 23-3. Id. Fr. Ed. 243. Klein, p. 57. Feuil. Obs: 



Phys. 1714. p. 564. VieiU. Am. i. p. 48. 

 L'Uurcurea, Foi/. d'Azara, iii. No. 47. 

 Coqulnibo Owl, Gen. Si/n. i. 145. 



SIZE of the Brown Owl ; bill pale grey ; head, throat, neck, 

 breast, and upper parts of the body fiilvous grey, beautifully spotted 

 with white ; belly, and under tail coverts dirty Avhite ; tail itself 

 the same, plain ; wings, when folded, reach the end of it ; leg* 

 downy, claws black. 



Inhabits Chili, about Coquimbo. M. Feuillee calls it the 

 Rabbit Owl, from frequenting the burrows. M. duTertre*- mentions 

 an Owl, found in the islands of America, which lays its eggs, and 

 hatches its young in holes in the ground ; and adds, that it has a 

 black and white plumage, and frequents mountainous parts. 



71.— NEW-ZEALAND OWL. 



Strix fulva, Ind. Orn. i. p. 65. Gm. Lin. i. 296. Shaw's- Zooi. vii. 266. 

 New-Zealand Owl, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 48. 



LENGTH 11 in. Nostrils and cheeks fulvous, the latter the 

 paler ; upper parts of the body brown, the feathers margined with 

 fulvous ; lower part of the back and rump plain brown ; breast 



* Hist. Antill. ii. 257. 



