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STRlGIDiE. 



black : the male has a whitish band on the occiput, 

 and the female a reddish one : on each side of this a 

 band composed of a tuft of feathers spotted with black 

 and white : all the lower parts of the body are whitish, 

 dashed with clear red : the quills are regularly banded 

 with brown and reddish alternately: the tail-feathers 

 are brown or yellow, with five white spots on both 

 webs, those on the outer one being smallest : the legs 

 and toes are clothed with a very short down : the 

 beak is yellowish, with some white hairs on its sides, 

 and near the eyes. 



Sp. 4. No. Sonnerati. 



No fuscO'Tiifescens, suhtus alha,fusco transverse Jasciata; capite 



tectricibusque alarum albo maculatis ; regio ocularis. Jacies gu- 



laque rufo-albis. 

 Red-brown Night-Owl beneath white, transversely barred with 



brown ; with the head and wing-coverts spotted with white ; 



space round the eyes, the face, and the throat, reddish-white. 

 Strix Sonnerati. Temm. PI. Col. 21. 



Inhabits India. Length eleven inches : all the 

 upper parts of the body are reddish-brown, the head 

 being adorned with small white spots, and the wing- 

 coverts with large spots of the same : the quills and 

 tail-feathers are like the back : the space round the 

 eyes is reddish-white, as well as the face and throat : 

 all the under parts are white, transversely but di- 

 stantly barred with brown : the down on the tarsi 

 and toes is red : the beak and the claws are yellow. 



Sp. 5. No. brama. 



No. nigricante-Jusca albo variegata ; subtus albida Jusco trans- 

 versim maculata ; superciliis collarique albo lunuUs cinereo- 

 Jitscis ; remigibus cauddque albo Jasciatis. 



