372 OWL. 



brown bars ; tail the same, but the bai'S more numerous ; the wings, 

 when closed, reach nearly to the end of the tail ; legs brown. 



A tine specimen of tlie above is in the collection of Mr. Bullock, 

 but without any history annexed. 



78.— BARE-LEGGED OWL. 



Strix nudipes, 7;j(/. Oni. Sup. p. xvi. Shaiv''s Zool. vii. 269. Vieill. Anier. i, p. 45. pi. 16. 

 Chouette nudipede, Dmid. Orn. ii. 199. 

 Bare-legged Owl, Gea. Syn, Svp. ii. p. 05. 



LENGTH 7 in. Irides yellow; plumage above fulvous brown, 

 with a white spot on each side of the neck, and other white spots on 

 the wing coverts, but the circles of the face do not differ in colour ; 

 the under parts of the body marked with a longitudinal, lyre-shaped 

 spot of brown on each feather, and the quills with four or five spots 

 of vk'hite ; legs long, naked, brown ; claws black. 



Young birds are rufous, the belly more white, as the spots at 

 that age are less conspicuous. 



79.— BOOTED OWL. 



Strix phalsenoides, /«d. Oni. 5«/). p. xvi. Shawns ZooLvn. 268, VUilL Amer.\,'<^,4A. 



pi. 15. 

 Chouette phalenoide, Daud. ii. 206. 

 Booted Owl, Gen. Syn, Sup.W. p. 66. 



LENGTH 6 in. Bill black; irides yellow ; the general colour 

 above fulvous ; under wing coverts marked with six white spots ; 



