BAKKAMOENA HORNED OWL. 



Strix Bakkamoena. S. cinerea dorso fusco, pectore gilvo macuU$ 

 sagittatis nigris, remigibus albo nigroque fasdatis. 



Ash-coloured Horned Owl, with brown back, bufF-coloured 

 breast with arrow-shaped black spots, and wing-feathers 

 barred with black and white. 



Otus Bakkamoena. Fenn, Ind. Zool, 



Strix Indica. S. dorso obscuro, tectricibus alarum griseis nigr^ 

 lineatis, pectore bubalino maculis exiguis sagittatis nigris, Idn, 

 Gmel, 



Thus described in the Indian Zoology of Mr. 

 Pennant. "The bill is dusky, surrounded with 

 long bristles; the circle of feathers round the eyes 

 is of a very pale ash-colour: the external circle of 

 a yellowish brown: the irides scarlet: the horns 

 take their origin from the base of the bill, and 

 point to the sides of the head : on their inner side 

 they are dusky, on their exterior white : the head 

 is of a deepish ash-colour : the back dusky : coverts 

 of the wings grey, marked with narrow lines of 

 black pointing downwards : quill-feathers regularly 

 barred with black and white: the breast buft- 

 coloured, marked with small sagittal black spots: 

 the legs feathered half way down: the naked part 

 of a reddish yellow. This elegant species is found 

 in Ceylon; is there called Bakkamoen^y and is a 

 scarce species even in that island." 



It is necessary to observe, that, by an oversight 

 in the letter-press of the quarto edition of the 

 Indian Zoology, this bird is said to be represented 



