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CARNIOLIC HORNED OWL. 



Strix Carniolica. S. corporeex cincreo alhicante, maculis striisque 

 trajisversis nigricantibus mriegato. ScopoU ann, 1. p» IQ* 

 Lin. Gmel, 



Whiflsh-grey Horned Owl, variegated with transverse black- 

 ish spots and streaks. 

 Carniolic Eared Owl. Lath. syn. 



This species is described by Scopoli, who informs 

 us that it is of a pale or whitish ash-colour, varied 

 with blackish spots and transverse streaks: the 

 wing and tail-feathers are spotted internally with 

 white: the size of the bird nearly equals that of 

 the Strix passerina of Linnceus, and the ears or 

 horns are scarcely observable except in the living 

 bird: the irides are yellow. 



BRASILIAN HORNED OWL. 



Strix Brasiliana. S. auriculata subfvsca, albo maculata, suhtus 



talba subfusco maculata, cauda albo mdulata. 

 Brownish Horned Owl, spotted with white, beneath white 

 spotted with brown, the tail waved with white. 

 Strix Brasiliana. Lin. Gmel. 

 Brasilian Noctua called Cabure by Marcgrave. Will. orn. 

 p. 107. 



Described by Marcgrave in his History of 

 Brasil, and thus translated by Willughby. " It's 

 9.bout the bigness of a Throstle: hath a round 



