LITTLE OWL. 



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with two rows of white spots, and tipt with white ; whole interior 

 vanes of the wings spotted with the same; auriculars yellowish 

 brown; crown, upper part of the neck, and circle surrounding the 

 ears beautifully marked with numerous points of white on an olive 

 brown ground; front pure white, ending in long blackish hairs; at 

 the internal angle of the eyes a broad spot of black radiating out- 

 Avards ; irides pale yellow ; bill a blackish horn color, lower parts 

 streaked with yellow ochre and reddish bay ; thighs and feathered 

 legs pale buff; toes covered to the claws, which are black, large 

 and sharp pointed. 



The bird from which the foregoing figure and description was 

 taken was shot on the sea shore, near Great Egg-harbour, in New 

 Jersey, in the month of November, and on dissection was found to 

 be a female. Turton describes a species called the White-fronted 

 Owl, (S. albifrons,) which in every thing except the size agrees with 

 this bird, and has very probably been taken from a young male, 

 which is sometimes found considerably less than the female. 



