OTUS CAPENS1S— Smith. 
Aves.— Plate LXYII.-Male. 
0 supra pallide rubro-bnmncus, subochreo parce yermiculatua et notatus ; pectore guttureque rubro- 
brunneis- ventre flavo-albo ; lateribus plumisque feraoxis subfasciatis ; facie subflaya brunneo- 
variata ; fascia cervicale rubro-brunnel ad guttur ocbreo-xuaculata ; oculis brunneo-mgns j rosins, 
pedibus, unguibusque livido-nigris. 
Longitudo a rostri apice ad basin caudec 8 unc. 8^ lin , caudae 0 unc. o 3 bi . 
Otiis Capensis. Smith . — South African Quarterly Journal, 2nd series, p. 
Colour. — The upper and lateral parts of the head, the upper, lateral and 
under parts of the neck, the interscapulars, the back, rump, and upper tail 
coverts, the scapular feathers, the lesser wing coverts, and the breast, bg it 
reddish brown (snuff-coloured brown), with sienna-yellow variegations. 1 ie 
latter are either scanty or wanting upon the back and anterior part of t ie 
breast, but tolerably abundant on the other parts mentioned, and occur in 
the form of small oblong spots, zigzag, oblique or transverse lines, and 
irregularly shaped blotches; — the latter are few in number, and restricted to 
the small wing-coverts. Belly and legs pale ochrey yellow, the flanks and 
the feathers on the outer and anterior aspects of the thighs barred with arrow - 
shaped bands of a light brownish yellow colour. False wing-feathers brown, 
imperfectly barred with sienna-yellow, and most of them margined externally 
with yellowish white. Primary wing coverts brown, secondary coverts brown, 
veriniculated and spotted with sienna-yellow. The primary and secondary 
quill-feathers brown, with three or tour broad irregular bars of a colour 
intermediate between buff-orange and gall-stone-yellow, the last bar at 
a considerable distance from the points of the feathers, which are obscure 
white • tertiary quill- feathers brown, the inner vanes barred with yellowish 
white ’the tips dull white. Tail barred, brown and buff-orange, or yellowish 
hite - the light-coloured bars of the inner vanes are generally buff-orange, 
those ’of theater vanes yellowish white. The two middle tail-feathers 
brown with two rudimentary or indistinct sienna-yellow bars ; their tips are 
also of the latter colour. The other tail-feathers are yellowish white for some 
distance from the points. Facial disc pale cream-yellow, powdered or 
freckled with brown ; the bases of the feathers encircling the eyes deep 
