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The Horn Owl. Otus five Afio.^ 



Numb. X. 



TTS Weight was about ten Ounces ,• its Length from the Point of the 

 -■■ Bill, to the End of the Tail was fourteen Inches ; its Breadth when 

 the Wings were extended three Feet four Inches; the Bill was black; 

 from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth, one Inch and half a quar- 

 ter; the Tongue flefhy and a Httle divit^prl • the Irides of the Eyes of a 

 lovely Yellow ; the Corners of the Ears large ; the Face ie encompaffed 

 with a double Row of Feathers, the exteriour variegated with fmall 

 white, black, and red Lines; the interiour under the Eyes redifh: The 

 Feathers which cover the Breafl and Belly are redifh, the middle Part 

 black, encompaffed with Red and Yellow, the Bottom of each white, 

 the Feathers on the Thighs yellowilh, with a Line and tranfverfe Bars of 

 a dark Brown; the beam Feathers of the Wings are regularly fpotted 

 with White and dark Brown ; the Reft of the covert Feathers are parti- 

 coloured, of a yellowifh Brown with dusky Spots ; the Edges and Bot- 

 toms of the Feathers whitifh ; the Top of the Head and Back of the 

 fame Colour with tranfverfe Lines of Black; the Horns were above an 

 Inch long, of a yellowifh White with fix indented tranfverfe Lines of 

 Black ; the Eyebrows redifh Brown. 



The Tail was made up of twelve Feathers fix Inches long; the exteriour 

 being fhorteft, and the reft in Order to the middlemoft ; fo that when 

 Ipread it was terminated in a circular Circumference, croffed with fix or 

 feven Bars of black, but narrower than in other Birds of this Kind, the inter- 

 mediate Spaces above were of an Afh-colour, below of a pale Yellow. 



The Legs are feathered down to the Feet, which are of a Light-brown; 

 the Claws black ; that of the middle Toe on the infide thinned into an 

 Edge ; the outermoft of the Fore-Toes may be turned backwards, as in 

 other Oivls. It had a large Gall ; the Guts were twenty Inches long; the 

 b]md Guts two Inches and a quarter, longer and more tumid than in 

 other carnivorous Birds; in the Stomach was found Bones and Fur of 

 Mice. This Bird I faw at Sir He7iry Herns, who fhot it on Enjield Chafe ; 

 I alfo faw the fame Bird in the Collection of Sir iTjofnas Loivther, Baronet. 

 Thefe Birds are found in mountainous and unfrequented Places, not 

 delighting in the lower and plain Countries. 



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