(7) 

 ^he large Brown OwL 



Numb. VII. 



THIS Bird was as bis ao-ain as the common brown Owti 

 Its Bill black; the Irides of the Eyes of a lovely (hi- 

 ning yellow, with a Circle of black Feathers round 

 each. The Hoods round the Face white, intermixt with 

 fome light brown Feathers ; the top of the Head, Back 

 and Wings brown, with large Marks of a dark dufky 

 brown, with fome Spots of white on the upper part of the 

 Wings 5 the Breaft and Belly of a pale yellowifh dun, 

 with long flender dark Marks in the middle of each Feather; 

 their out Edges white; the Thighs, Legs, and Feet more 

 dilute without any Spots and feathered down to the Toes 

 end. The Talons black; the Tail was made up of twelve 

 pale dun Feathers, with three dufky Bars in each towards 

 the lower part of the Tail. This fine Bird I had out of 

 the ColIe6lion of Sir 'Thomas Lowther-^ it differs from our 

 brown Otu/both in the Bignefs and Colour of its Feathers. 

 See Vol, the firj}^ Plate the ^th. 



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