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STRIGID^. 



the breast is transversely barred with reddish, and the 

 under parts are white distantly barred with brown: 

 the irides are yellow. 



Sp. 7. No. hirsuta. 



No. fusca siihtus albida maculis fuscis ; fronte lorisque albis, 

 "certice nuchdque cinereo'fuscis ; gidd rufescente ; cauda fused 

 fasciis quatuor cinereis, apice albo. 



Brown Nigbt-Owl beneath wbitisb spotted with brown ; with the 

 forehead and lores white ; the top ofthe head and nape ashy- 

 brown j the throat reddish 3 the tail brown, with four ashy 

 bands, and a white tip. 



Strix hirsuta. Temm. PI. Col. 289. 



Inhabits Ceylon. Length of the male about ten, 

 and ofthe female above eleven inches: the forehead 

 and the lores are white, with a few black hairs at the 

 base of the beak : the top of the head and the nape 

 are ashy-brown : the back, the wing-coverts, and the 

 quills are uniform brown : the scapulars and the se- 

 condaries nearest the body are spotted on their inner 

 webs with white ; but those spots are hidden whe 

 the wing is closed : the throat is reddish : the brea 

 and the belly are whitish covered with large reddish 

 brown spots : the under tail-coverts are white, with 

 a few brown spots : the tail-feathers are banded with 

 four bars of brown and four of ash-colour : their tips 

 are white : the toes are marbled with red and brown, 

 and are remarkable for having their edges naked and 

 furnished with rough excrescences of a yellowish co- 

 lour ; the hafrs upon them are red : the beak is black, 

 with its keel white. 



B. Tarsis plumosis ; digitis pilosis. 

 B. Tarsi feathered 5 toes hairy. 



