BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. 3, Lanius. 29 



27. St. Brachyotus. Head with short ear-like crests : horly 

 dull orange, beneath yellow, wi h brown longitudinal 

 spots: middle tail-feathers with a yeiiow spot in- 

 closing a b -own one. 



Short-eared Owl. Br. Zool. t. 31. Lezuin t. 25. Donovan t. 35. 



Length 14 inches : extent 3 feet: weight 14 ounces. 



1??7/ dushy : MM yellow ; orbits hlack : face furrounded with a 

 line which is hla>k and white, except at the ears where it is hlack : 

 crest, which it can erect at pleal'ure, compofed of feveral feather, 

 black on the outer webs, white on the inner : feathers of the head t 

 back, and wing-coverts brown with a tawny margin : breast and belly 

 paler, with longitudinal brovvn lines, thighs not fpottcd : legs 

 clothed to the toes with light yellow down : claws dusky. 



28. Si. siiidala. Head without crest: brown-orange 

 above with dark-brown marks, beneath paler with 

 oblong dark spots : third quill-feather longest. 



Tawny Owl. Lewin t. 7. Donovan t. 121. Walcot. t. 27. 



2. Body darker : iris black. 



Brown Owl. Br. Zool. t. 32. Lewin t. 28.. 



Length 14 inches : extent 2 feet 8 inches : weight 20 ounces. 



Bill pale brown : iris dusky : face encircled by a black and white 

 line : outer-webs of the outer-scapulars white : fecondary quill 

 feathers with a white fpot on the outer-webs: two middle tail- 

 feathers tawny, the rest with tawny and dark lines and fpots : legs 

 clothed to the toes with greyish down : claws black. 



29. St. Ulula. Head wi.houi crest : body above reddish 

 with longitudinal brown spots, underneath whitish 

 with brown lines : tail wiih brown bars* 



Brown Owl. Lath. syn. t. p. 140. Buffon 1 . t. 27.. 



Length 15 inches and a half: weight 14 ounces. 



Iris yellow : general colour browner than the last ; and the fpots 

 larger and longer, tending to a point like the flame of a candle, 

 which in the former are more rounded like drops. , 



30* SLflammea. Head without crest: body above pale 

 yellow wiih white and grey spots, underneath white 

 with blackish spo r s. 



'- Screech Owl. Lewin t. 26. Donovan t 113. Walcot. t. 26. 



Length 14 inches: extent 3 feet : weight 12 ounces. 



Bill light brown: iris dusky : orbits orange: cheeks white : face 

 furrounded with a white circle : primary quill-feathers yellow on 

 the outer webs, white oithe inner, with 4 black fpots each side r 

 inner-webs of the tail-feathers white, outer-webs with dusky bands r 

 legs clothed with white down to the claws: claws light:brown, the 

 middle one serrate. 



31. St. pasta rina. Head without crest: above olive- 

 brown, beneath whitish spotted with brown : head 

 spotted with white : quill-feathers with 5 rows of 

 white spots. 



Little Owl. Lew.int.2.S. Walcot. t. 28. Jlbinz.t. 12. 



Length 8 inches : extent 21 inches. Size of a Blackbird; 



Bill yellowish ;, iris yellow: feathers encircling the face white 

 tipt with black : breast mixed ferruginous and white : tail brown 

 with dull rufous bands : legs clothed to the claws with whitish 

 . down ; claws pale brown. . .. 



3. LANIUS. Shrike. 



32. L. Excubitor. Tail wedge-form, blackish with the 

 sides white : head and back pale cinereous ; wings 

 blackish with a while hand. 



