26J 



MOUNTxVIN OWL. 



Strix raontana. S. cinerea, gula orhitisque nigris , iridibus Jlavis, 



Cauda subelongata. 

 Cinereous Owl, with the throat and orbits black; the irides 



yellow, and the tail subelongated. 

 Mountain Owl. Lath. suppL Sttix barbata. Lath, ind. orn. 



Native of Siberia: allied to the Aluco Owl : 

 bill yellow: inhabits mountainous regions. 



PERNANDEZIAN OWL. 



Strix Fernandica. S, corpore fulvo, albo fusco nigra i^ario, 



oculis nigris, palpebris ccerideis. Lin. Gmel. 

 Owl with fulvous body, variegated with white, brown, and^ 



black 3 with black eyes and blue eyelids, 

 Strix Chichictli. Lath, ind, orn. 



Said to be of very full plumage, appearing as 

 large as a Hen: legs feathered. Slightly described 

 by Fernandez in his History of New^ Spain, of 

 which region it is a native. 



