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WHITE-FACED SCOPS OWL. 
primary quills are crossed by ten dark and very 
regular transverse bars, reckoning those only which 
are not hid by the spurious and lesser quills; and 
by the greater covers, on the lesser quills, in the 
same way may be counted seven. There are also 
ten similar bars on the middle tail-feathers beyond 
the covers. The outer half of the feathers which 
form the egrets, and of those between them, arc 
deep black, with about five rows of little round 
white spots in pairs, one on each side of the shaft ; 
the facial disk is entirely white, but there is a broad 
black spot on each side, just behind the ears. The 
chin and all the under parts are of a delicate light 
grey, each feather having a deep black central stripe, 
which is crossed by many others, close and un- 
dulated, of a darker grey than the ground colour. 
The inner wing-covers are white, with a simple 
black stripe down the middle. The feathers on the 
legs are the same, but the shape is hardly per- 
ceptible. The bill and toes seem to be light or 
greenish yellow. There is a black spot on the 
inner wing-covers, close to the base of the first 
quill. 
