STRIGIDiE. 



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vent being distantly rayed, and the belly more closely 

 with brown and reddish-white : the down on the tarsi 

 is white, barred with brown : the toes are yellow : 

 the beak yellowish-white: the claws whitish, with 

 brown tips. 



GENUS XXXII.— BUBO, Cuvier. HORN-OWL. 



Rostrum breve, arcuatum. 



Caput parvum, fasciculis pen- 

 narum aiiricularum asmu- 

 lis, instruct um. 



Discus faciei parvus. 



Pedes robusti, usque ad un- 

 gues plumosi. 



Beali short, arched. 

 Head small, furnished with 

 earlike feathers. 



Facial disc small. 

 Legs robust, clothed with 

 feathers to the claws. 



Sp. I. Bu. raicvocephalus. Leach. Cat. Mus. Brit. 



Strix Bubo. ShaH), v. vii. p. 211. pi. 28.-~ERgland and 

 Europe. 



Sp. 2. Bu. African us. 



Strix Bubo var. (African Horned Owl.) Shaw, v. vii. p. 215. 

 — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. .3. Bu? lactea. 



Bu.'* albiis supra Jiisco mria et griseo albidoque lineata, subtus 

 fusco undulata, remigibus rectricibusque Jlavo Jasciatis ; tarsis 



albis, digitis cceruleis. 

 White Horn-Ovyl above varied with brown and striped with gri- 



seous and white ; beneath waved with brown, with the quills 



and tail-feathers banded with yellow ; the tai si white, and the 



toes blue. 

 Strix lactea. Temyn. PL Col. 4. 



Inhabits Senegal. Length about two feet: the 

 beak is large and clear bluish ; furnished with strong 

 black bristles : the cheeks are white surrounded by a 

 circle of dusky brown : the throat is pure white : the 



