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VIRGINIAN EAGLE OWLS. 
Bubo Virginianus, Briss. Strix Virginiana, Gmel. Bubo Pinicola, 
Vieill. Eagle Owl, Penn. Virginian Eared Owl, Lath. 
Natives of North America, extending from the Northern parts into 
Georgia. — Presented by the Hudson’s Bay Company. 
BARRED OWLS. 
Strix nebulosa, Linn. 
BROWN OWLS. 
Syrnium Aluco, Sav. Strix Aluco, Linn. La Hulotte, Buff. La 
Chouette Hulotte, Temm. Common Brown, or Ivy Owl, Will. Aluco 
Owl, Lath. 
Abundant in all the wooded countries of Europe. They feed on small 
quadrupeds, birds, and reptiles. These birds hoot, and are the species 
to which the name of Screech Owl is properly applied. 
WHITE or BARN OWLS. 
Strix flammea, Linn. L’Effraie ou La Fresaie, Buff. La Chouette 
Effraie, Temm. 
MASKED OWLS. 
Strix personata, Vigors. 
Natives of New Holland. Very nearly allied to the preceding species. 
A PAIR OF RAVENS 
is for the present placed in one of these cages. — One of these birds 
belonged to the collection of the late Marchioness of Londonderry. 
In the Western Divisions of the Cattle-Sheds (28) are kept 
SMALL ZEBUS. (Male and Female.) 
These are the Bos Indicus of Linnaeus, which are now considered not a 
distinct species, but only varieties of the Bos Taurus of the same Natu- 
ralist, to which belong the common Bull and Cow. Natives of the 
cultivated parts of Asia to the Southward, extending as far as China ; 
and are also met with in the South of Africa 3 being used in the East 
as beasts of draft, principally for purposes of husbandry. Their pecu- 
liar characteristic is the hump on the back, which is esteemed a great 
delicacy. They vary much in size. Those kept here are of the smallest 
breeds. 
They are occasionally removed for pasturage into other parts 
of the Gardens, when their place is occupied by a 
BURMESE PONY. 
Equus Caballus, Linn. var. 
From the Collection of His Majesty. 
