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cheeks white ; under parts of the body varied rufous and white ; fore 

 part of the neck and breast buff yellow ; each feather marked down 

 the middle with a dark colour ; imder tail coverts the same, but on a 

 white ground ; the wings reach to the end of the tail, which is sliort; 

 the shins covered Avith feathers, as well as the toes, and are rufous ; 

 claws blackish. 



Inhabits the Island of Trinidad, in America, as also St. Do- 

 mingo, and Porto Rico. 



80.— CABURE OWL. 



Strix ferruginea, Cabure, Maxim. Trav, i. p. 88. 



LENGTH 6|in. Plumage in general dirty red, with several 

 light yellow spots on the shoulders, and large wing feathers ; on the 

 lower part of the throat a large white spot ; tail dirty red, without 

 spots ; belly bright reddish yellow, mixed with white and brown 

 longitudinal stripes ; irides deep yellow. 



Inhabits Brazil ; several were shot in January at St. Salvador. 

 It is said not to be eared, yet seems otherwise to resemble the Cabure 

 of Azara (our Brazilian species), but is not to be confounded with 

 that bird. M. Temminck thinks it to be the same as the last. 



81.— SPARROW OWL— Pl. XVII. 



THIS very little exceeds the size of a Sparrow in the body, and 

 is in length scarcely 6 in. Bill dusky; before and beneath the eye 



