368 OWL. 



74.__DWARF OWL. 



Strix pusilla, iewaj/. pi. 46. Daud.n. p.20b. Share's Zool. vVu 2G7. 



LENGTH 6 in. Bill yellow; feathers of the head, wings, 

 and tail dull brown, marked with some white spots, more numerous 

 on the forehead and cheeks, and more distinct on the wings ; throat, 

 fore part of the neck, belly, and vent feathers white, varied with 

 light brown ; breast brown, varied with dirty white ; the wings reach 

 to the base of the tail, which is pretty long, and crossed with four 

 white bands ; legs feathered to the toes, claws dusky. 



Inhabits Gibraltar. — Thought by M. Levaillant to be a variety 

 of Tengmalm's Owl ; we have also seen a specimen of this brought 

 from the African Coast. 



75.— ACADIAN OWL.— Pl. XIV. F. 2. 



Strix Acadiensis, Ind. Orn.'u p. 65. Gm. Lin.\. 296. Daud.W. 206. Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 266. Vieill. AjhA. p. 49. Tern. 3Ian. Ed.Vu p. 96. 

 Strix passerina, Little Owl, Amer. Orn.'iv. pl.34. f. 1? 

 Acadian Owl, Gen. Si/n. i. p. 149. t. 5. f. 2. 



LENGTH 7 in. Bill brown; irides yellow; parts above irre- 

 gularly spotted with white ; on the top of the head a few palish 

 spots ; circlets of the face pale ash, outwardly mixed with white, 

 and next the eyes black ; prime quills marked with four or five white 



