PLATE XXXV. 



STRIX BRACHYOTOS, 

 S H O R T-E A R E D OWL, 



ACCIPITRES. 



Birds of prey. Bill and claws flrong, hooked. An angle in each 

 margin of the upper mandible. Body mufcular. Females larger and 

 more mufcular than the males. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Bill fhort, hooked, without cere. Head large. A broad difk fur« 

 rounding each eye. Legs feathered to the toes. Tongue bifida 

 No&urrial. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Horns or ears a fingle feather. Above dark brown intermixed with 

 pale yellow colour. Beneath pale yellow longitudinally ftreaked with 

 dark brown ; feathered to the toes. Tail yellow brown barred with 

 dark colour, tip white. Wings when clofed reach beyond the tail. 



Strix Otus. 

 Short-eared Ow*.. Pennant's Br, ZooL N° 66. /. 31. 



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