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ST. DOMINGO OWL. 



Strix Dominicensis. S. fusco-varia, rostro magno, abdomine 



rufo, pectore maculis sparsis longitudinalibus. 

 Brown variegated Owl, with large bill, rufous abdomen, and 



breast with longitudinal scattered spots. 

 La Chouette ou Grande Cheveche de Saint-Domingue. Buff, 



ois. 



Considerably allied, according to BufFon, to the 

 Chouette, (Wood Owl,) but differs in having a 

 larger, stronger, and more curved bill than any 

 other Owl, and in having the abdomen of a plaia 

 rufous colour. Said to inhabit St. Domingo. 



CAYENNE OWL. 



Strix Cayana. S. rufa lineis innumeris transversis fuscis vn- 

 dulafa. 



Rufous Owl, undulated by innumerable transverse brown 

 lines. 



Le Chathuant de Cayenne. Buff, ois, PL EnL 442. 

 Strix Cayanensis. Lath, ind, orn, 

 Cayenne Owl. Lat/i. syn. 



Size of the Wood Owl : bill flesh-coloured : fea- 

 thers surrounding the eyes cinereous : irides yellow : 

 feet naked and rather slender. Native of Cayerme, 



