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AUSTRIAN OWL. 



Strix Austrlaca. S. capite Ictvi, corfore alhido fuscoque nia- 

 riegato, regione periophthalmica albida. Lath, ind, orn. 



Owl with whitish and brown variegations, and the spaces 

 round the eyes whitish. 



Austrian Owl. Lath, syn. 



Strix sylvestris. Scopoli, Ann, 1. No, 13. 



First described by Scopoli : size of a Cock : 

 bill yellowish: irides blueish. Native of Carniola : 

 perhaps the same with a species mentioned by 

 Kramer in his Elenchus Animalium Austriae. p. 

 325. 



AUSTRIAN WHITE OWL. 



Strix alba. S. capite Icevi, corpore rufo griscoque mrio subtus 



albo, regione periophthalmica margine rufo, rectridbus apice 



albis. Lath, ind, orn. 

 Owl with rufous and grey variegations, beneath white j the 



spaces round the eyes edged by a rufous margin, and the tail 



white at the tip. 

 Strix alba. Scopoli. Ann. 1. No, 14. 

 Austrian White Owl. Lath, syn. 



Described by Scopoli : nearly the size of a Hen : 

 ill white: circle of the face encompassed with an 

 legant rufous margin: tail tipped with white. 

 Native of Carniola. 



