272 CASPIAN OWL. 



posed variety of this species, figured in the Museum 

 Carlsonianum of Sparrman, under the title of Strix 

 Arctica. It differs in being much larger, measur- 

 ing eighteen inches in length, and of a darker 

 colour, being ferruginous above, with black spots ; 

 and beneath marked with black lines or streaks: 

 tail barred with black and ferruginous, and a black- 

 ish bar beneath the wings : the orbits of the eyes 

 are also black: the irides, as in the smaller kind^ 

 yellow. 



CASPIAN OWL. 



Strix Caspia. S. corpore supra lutescente, suhtus ex lutescenft 

 alho^ liiuris utrinque longitudinalibus nigricantibus suhtus gut- 

 tatis, iridihas citrinis. 



Subluteous Owl with dusky longitudinal streaks, beneath yel- 

 lowish white with drop-shaped spots, and yellow irides. 



Strix accipitrina. Lin. Gmel. Fall, it, \ .p. 455. 



Caspian Owl. Lath. syn. 



Described by Dr. Pallas, who discovered it in 

 the desert regions bordering on the Caspian sea. 

 It also inhabits many parts of Siberian Tartary, 

 w^here it had been observed by Gmelin prior to 

 Pallas. In size it approaches to the Brown Owl. 

 (S. Ulula. ) Colour above yellowish, with longitu- 

 ditial dusky or blackish streaks; beneath paler, 

 With, drop-shaped spots : quill-feathers barred with 

 blackish-brown: tail shorter than the wings, round- 

 ed, dusky, marked with deeper bands, and edged 

 with whitish: circle of the face white, with black and 



