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Hood, The wreath or circle of feathers encompaffing the face, beyond the Ears lefTer 



colour of the and lefs eafily difcernable. The upper part of the body was of a -dark brown, with 



upper fide. a m j xture f rec j ? having tranfverfe whitifh fpots. 



its Tail. The Tail was 2 \ inches long, compounded of twelve feathers exactly equal,having 



five or fix tranfverfe white bars. 



colour of the The feathers about the Ears were more variegated with black and white. The 



under fide, chin and lower part of the belly white 3 The Breaft marked with long dusky 

 fpots. 



wing-fea- The number of beam-feathers in each Wing was twenty four 5 their interiour webs 



thers, w ere fpotted with round white fpots. 



Legs,Feet, It was feathered almoft down to the Claws, excepting two or three annulary 



and Talons. £ a j es> T ke Feet were of a pale yellow. It had two back-toes, and as many fore- 

 ones. The foals of the Feet were yellow 3 the Claws black: The inner fide of the 

 middle Claw is thinned into an edge. 



Gall and Guts. It had a great Gall, the length of the Guts was ten Inches 3 of the blind Guts 

 one inch and a quarter. 



its place. It is found in the Woods of Aufiria, but rarely 3 refembles much Gefners figure of 



No&ua, which therefore we have taken for it. Afterwards we faw it expofed to fale 

 ufe - at Rome. They ufeitfor catching of Imall birds : See the manner in Olina. 



Aldrovandus faith that it was told him, that the Germans do fometimes take in their 

 Country a fort of little Owl, which when come to its full growth is no bigger than 

 a Lark., which they call by a diminutive name Keutzlm : but however Aldrovandus 

 hapned not to fee it, the fame bird is doubtlefs alfb found in Italy $ for we o-bferved 

 them at Rome (landing on Pearches to be fold 3 and we can hardly believe, they 

 brought them fo far as out of Germany. 



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* Aldrovandm his Nodtua. 



n Hat which Aldrovandm hath defcribed and figured for the Notfua is about the 

 bignefs of a Dove, nine inches long, hath a great Head, flat above, large, grey 

 Eyes. The feathers of the whole body are partly of a pale Chefhut colour, partly 

 diftinguifhed with white. Through the extreme parts of the Wings, efpecially the 

 prime feathers, it hath broad tranfverfe lines or bars of a Chefhut colour. On the 

 Belly it hath lines or fpots of the fame colour drawn longways, but inverted 3 the 

 reft of the (pace or ground (the Heralds call it the field ) being white. The Wings 

 when withdrawn and clofed reach as far as the end of the Tail. The Legs are fea- 

 thered and rough down to the Feet, of a colour compounded of cinereous and Chef- 

 nut. TheToesareof a dark cinereous, bare of feathers, two ftanding each way. The 

 Claws black, {harp, and crooked. 



* The Stone-Owl, another fort 0/Nodtua, or perchance the fame with the precedent. 



This ( faith he) which the Germans call Steinkutz, that is, Stone-Owl, is alfb about 

 the bignefs of a Dove; hath the Legs and Toes rough, with white feathers, but the 

 lower fides of the Toes are bare, the Claws black and hooked. The colour all over 

 the prone or nether fide of the body was a dark brown, with a Height mixture of red, 

 dapled with whitifh fpots. The Head in refpect. of the body very great : The Eyes 

 large : The Bill fhort, and like an Eagles. In the dead bird the upper Chap of the 

 Bill was red, which feemed not to be fo before, while it was living. Between the 

 Eyes and the Bill grew certain ftifF, flender feathers, like briftles or beards. It had 

 more white on the Belly than the other parts. I fuppofe it lives and frequents chiefly 

 in Mountainous and Rocky places, and therefore to defend the cold hath its Feet and 

 Toes feathered like the Lagopus and GrygaBus. For the other Nottu* have not their 

 Feet rough, neither are they of a reddifh colour. They feern to ke lefs brisk and 

 lively than our Italian No8n£, and almoft blind in the day time. 



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