S60 GEORGIAX OWL. 



of these birds keep their nest for a great length 

 of time, and are fed even long after they can fly, 

 many hundreds of mice will scarcely suffice to 

 supply them with food." Mr. Pennant farther 

 observes, that the usual weight of this species is 

 eleven ounces, its lengthfourteen inches, its breadth 

 three feet, and that the middle claw is serrated. 



GEORGIAN OWL. 



Strix Georgica. S. fusca suhflavo fasciata, gula pectoreque 

 albido-fasciatis, ahdomine albido maculis ferrugineis. 



Brown Owl, with yellowish bars, throat and breast with whitish 

 bands, and whitish abdomen with ferruginous spots. 



Strix Georgica. Georgian Owl. Lath, suppl. 2. 



Size of the Barn Owl : thighs and legs clothed 

 with woolly down, with small blackish spots: quill 

 and tail feathers crossed by four or five white 

 bands. Native of Georgia in North America. 



