BOOBOOK OWL. 



Strix Boobook. S, fusco-ferruginea maculis Jlavescentibus, sub' 

 tus ferrvginea maculis longitudinalibus» 



Ferruginous-brown Owl, with yellowish spots, beneath fer- 

 ruginous with longitudinal spots, 



Strix Boobook. Boobook Owl. Lath» suppl, 2. 



Size of the Wood Owl, to which it is allied : 

 thighs and legs covered with yellow downy feathers 

 speckled with black: bill small. Native of New 

 Holland, where it is known by the name of Boo- 

 book. 



SOLOGNESE OWL. 



Strix Soloniensis, 5. corpone supra ex atrofusco^ fnlvo admisio^ 



subtus albo, cauda alba versus apicem lineis nigrkantibus de^ 



cussantibus, Lin. Gmel, 

 Owl with the body of a dark brown above, mixed with fulvous j 



the under parts and tail white, the latter marked towards the 



tip by blackish decussating lines. 

 Noctua minor dorso ferrugineo^ ventre albido. Salerne oriu 



p. 56, 



Length fifteen inches: top of the head and 

 outer circle of the face rufous and white mixed : 

 legs and thighs short, and feathered to the toes. 

 Observed in the district of Sologne in France. 



