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NEW ZEALAND OWL. 



Strix fulva. S. fiisca, marginibus pennarum gcnisque fulvis, 



Cauda fasciis pallentihus. 

 Brown Owl^ with the cheeks and margins of the feathers 



fulvous, and the tail crossed by pale bars. 

 Strix fulva. New Zealand Owl. Lath. 

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Length eleven inches : upper parts brown mar- 

 gined with fulvous: breast and belly the same, but 

 paler: cheeks fulvous: thighs brown spotted with 

 white: tail crossed with pale-brown bands. Native 

 of New Zealand. It is said to vary in being spotted 

 above with white. 



ACADIAN OWL. 



Strix Acadiensis. S, fusco-ferruginea albo maculata, subtus 



subalbida maculis ferrugineis, facie cinerea. 

 Ferruginous-brown Owl, spotted with white, beneath subal- 



bescent spotted with ferruginous, with grey face. 

 Strix Acadietisis. Acadian Owl. Lath. 



Length seven inches : feathers surrounding the 

 eyes and composing the face ash-colour, but the 

 part immediately surrounding each eye black ; 

 and the outer part of the circle mixed with white: 

 quills spotted with white on their outer edges; 

 legs covered to the toes with buff-coloured feathers. 

 Said to be a native of Nova Scotia. 



