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STRIGID.^. 



Inhabits South America. Length nine inches r 

 all the upper parts of the plumage are red : the top 

 of the head is spotted with white : the back and wings 

 are ashy -red with round white spots : the quills are 

 of a browner tinge, and the spots are oval and reddish- 

 white : the tail-feathers are red, brownish towards 

 the tip ; with four transverse bands of reddish-white, 

 placed at equal distances on all the intermediate fea- 

 thers ; while the outer feather on each side is whitish- 

 red, with two small brown bands towards the tip : 

 the forehead, the eyebrows, and the face are reddish- 

 white, deepest on the cheeks : the breast is white, 

 with large transverse reddish-white spots : the rest of 

 the under parts is white, irregularly shaded with bright 

 reddish. 



Sp. 13. No. pumila. 



No. rufo-fusca albo nigroque maculata ; suhtiis rufo alboqiie va- 

 riegata ; caudd nigrica?ite-fusca fasciis tribus macularum com- 

 positis albis. 



Red-brown Night-Owl spotted with white and black j beneath 

 variegated with red and white ; with the tail dusky, with three 

 white fasciae composed of spots. 



Strix pumila. Illiger. Temm. PL Col. 39. 



Inhabits South America. Length near six inches : 

 the top of the head, forehead, and nape, are brown, 

 spotted with white : the nape is spotted with black 

 and white : the back and the wings are reddish-brown ; 

 the edge of the latter is white, and their lesser coverts 

 are spotted with the same colour : the inner webs of 

 the quills are indistinctly banded with brown and 

 red ; and the outer ones are marked with small square 



