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STRIX SCOPS. 
SCOPS-HORNED OWL. 
Ears of one feather each. 
Strix Scops— Lin. Gme. 
Le Scops, ou Petit Due— Buffon. 
Short-Eared Owl— Latham. 
Little-Horned Owl— Montagu. 
Scops-Horned Owl— Shaw. 
On examination of this species, the auri- 
cular plumes (on which Linnaeus has founded 
his specific character, and which he errone- 
ously states to consist of only one feather on 
each side,) will be found to consist of three 
or more feathers, as is the case with the 
Short-Eared Owl. 
This is a species of uncommon elegance 
and of very small size, measuring only seven 
inches and a half in length. 
It varies considerably in the cast of its 
colours, according to various circumstances 
of age and sex, and when young is said to be 
wholly grey. . 
