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STRIGIDiE. 



lower parts of the body are dull white, varied with 

 delicate irregularly disposed brown zigzag lines : the 

 top of the head and the nape somewhat similar : the 

 back and wings are of a deeper tinge, the former 

 being varied with clear brown, and finely striped 

 grey and w^hite : the quills, the secondaries, and the 

 tail-feathers are marked with broad yellow bands and 

 fine zigzag lines : several of the middle wing-coverts 

 have part of their outer webs white, forming four or 

 five large spots on the wings : the tarsal feathers are 

 white : the toes blue : the tail is slightly rounded, 

 and is about half covered by the wings, w^hen the 

 latter are closed. 



GENUS XXXIIL—OTUS, Cuvier. EAR-OWL. 



Rostrum breve, arcuatum. 

 Caput fasciculis pennarum, 

 auricularum aemulis, in- 

 • structum. 

 Discus capitis magnus, 

 Aures magnae. 



Pedes graciles, usque ad un- 

 gues plumosi. 



Beak short, arcuated. 

 Head furnished with ear-like 

 feathers. 



Facial disc large. 

 Ears large. 



Legs slender, clothed with 

 feathers to the claws. 



Sp, 1, Ot. Ascalaphus. Cuvier. 



Ot. rufo-ferrugineus Jiisco maculatus, alls dorsoquefusco vermi- 

 culatis, ventreque transverse lineato ; auriculce breves. 



Rusty-red Ear-Owl spotted with brown, with the wings and back 

 vermiculated, and the belly transversely lineated with brown j 

 the earlike feathers short. 



Strix Ascalaphus. Savigni/ Egypt. Temm, PI. Col, 57. 



Inhabits Africa. Length about eighteen inches : 

 beak black : the body, wings, and tail are whitish- 



