S46 



BARRED OWL. 



such extent, at least, was an elegant specimen 

 preserved in tiie Leverian Museum, and figured 

 in the first volume of the Naturalist's Miscellany. 

 The vi^hole bird, on-the upper parts, is beautifully 

 barred with numerous brown bands on a yellowish- 

 white ground-colour; or, in other words, it might 

 be said to be barred with white on a brown ground- 

 colour, the spaces between the two colours being 

 nearly equal, except on the tail and' larger quill- 

 feathers, where the brown bars are rather broader 

 than the white ones: the feathers surrounding the 

 eyes are whitish, with numerous concentric circles, 

 formed by interrupted linear brown streaks : the 

 whole under parts of the bird are yellowish white, 

 with longitudinal or descending brown spots: the 

 thighs and legs are plain or unspotted, and fea- 

 thered down to the claws : the bill is pale horn- 

 colour, and the irides yellow. This species in- 

 habits Hudson's Bay, and is said to prey, like the 

 preceding, on Hares, Grous, Mice, &c. 



