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tengmalm’s night owl 
quills, are marked with oval spots or bars on the 
outer webs. The tail is crossed with three or 
four narrow interrupted bars of white. The lower 
parts are white, clouded with liver brown ; the 
tarsi and toes are thinly feathered with soft downy 
yellowish white plumes ; claws rather long, slender, 
and sharp. Length from top of crown to extremity 
of the tail, from eight and a-half to nine inches. 
Our next little Owl is that which we have just 
alluded to as confounded in its characters with 
Noctua Tengmabni. For this form we have 
taken the title which Mr Svrainson propose^ for 
Noctua — that of Scotophilus. It will be seen to 
differ materially in the form of the ears and struc- 
ture of the wings. 
