374 OWL. 



are very slender long feathers, and some above it, but none behind, 

 the eye circles thereby being not completely made out : these are 

 mixed brown and whitish ; plumage above ferruginous brown, with 

 here and there a yellowish mark, from some of the feathers having a 

 spot or two on the outer web ; quills much the same, with similar 

 spots on the inner webs ; tail two inches long, tawny brown, rather 

 bending downwards, marked with four or five dusky brown spots 

 down the middle of each shaft, which is white beneath ; the quills 

 are short, and reach very little beyond tlie base ; the under parts, 

 from chin to vent, are dusky wliite, with broad tawny or ferruginous 

 streaks, chiefly down the middle of each feather ; legs stout, brown, 

 feathered to the toes, which are slightly beset with hairs. 



A specimen of this in the collection of Mr. Comyns, of Da\\lish ; 

 native place uncertain. It seems to have many things in common 

 with the Acadian species, but differs materially in the length of the 

 tail, and the quills being shorter in proportion ; it is likewise smaller 

 on the whole than the Acadian Owl, and the legs not feathered to the 

 claws, as in that bird. Among some drawing-s we observed a bird 

 similar to. this, but with several large yellowish marks on the upper 

 parts of the body, and the bird itself a trifle bigger, but with no 

 account of where it came from. 



82.— KNOCKING OWL. 



Strix Pulsatrix, 3Iaxim. Trav, i. p. 321. 



LENGTH 17in. ; breadth 44fin. Plumage chiefly beautiful, 

 light reddish brown-grey; on the throat a white spot; scapulars 

 delicatelj' marbled, of a dark colour ; wings and tail the same ; quills 



