^3B YAIKAN HORNED OWL. 



ill its natural size, without considering that the 

 plate had been reduced from- that in the folio 

 edition. Its length, according to the folio plate^ 

 appears to be about seven inches. 



WHITE-FRONTED HORNED OWL. 



Strix albifrons. S.ferrugineo-fusca, suhtus pallidiorff route alba, 



remigibus albo nigroque fasciatis. 

 Ferruginous-brown Horned Owl, paler beneath^ with the 



forehead white, and remiges barred with black and white* 



Naturalist's Miscellany, pi. l^i. 



Length from six to eight inches : horns scarcely 

 perceptible: lower part of the belly and thighs 

 white : legs feathered to the toes. Supposed to be 

 a native of Canada. 



YAIKAN HORNED OWL. 



Strix denQinuta. S. ritfo nigro albidoque varia colorihus nebu* 

 losis. 



Horned Owl, varied with black, whitish, and rufous, the 



colours clouded, 

 Strix deminuta. S. minor ^ corpore rufo. PalL if. 2. p. 70^. 

 Yaikan Eared Owl. Lath. syn. 



An elegant and diminutive species of Horned 

 Owl; described by Dr. Pallas, who informs us that 

 its size is smaller than that of the Scops, and that 

 it bears so near a resemblance to the Strix Bubo 

 or G:reat Horned Qwl in. point of general ap* 



