burrowing owl. 
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habits att ??’ When we consider the extraordinary 
hence in f '! those, as well as their correspon- 
We arc ct 01 m an h_oolours noted in the several descriptions, 
the s'iina !0n ® ^ melined to believe that they are all of 
to be sum s h‘‘ cies > nevertheless Vieillot. states his bird 
egg s of tt?" i lat hitlercnt from that of Molina, and the 
with veil,.,?. lu . n .'| nvl ' l b r °wl of the latter are spotted 
We hav > t ’ " “ st those of the former are immaculate, 
publish*,! 0 I re f? rct that no figure has hitherto been 
hid not <l 11 " e cann °t well understand why Vieillot 
The m.mV eXe ' n| ? llfy so interesting a bird, 
been dete. l! - a * , SU “^,httS of this bird has not hitherto 
nnt„—i: , noieu, owing to the neglect with which 
w » 
^-ni'onean ~ the arrangement of extra 
to the suborn S ’ 4 ' e a ' hiurnal owls, our bird belongs 
npeniuofto ?" S ***** «nvigny, having small oval 
the R. .!• ? a r s > which are destitute of operculum, 
the ft - i ■ 7 ears, whi 
efauald,sk offender 
feathers small and incomplete 
and the v 1,1 si e i mri .. r . rr .. t 
't difFe^s* c< |r cs °{ the primaries not recurved; but 
eovered by b'.'.'. r , r"i n( ? t having the tarsus and toes 
The b • ■ l Uck feathers, 
and two (??.??';' Ul ' 4 ' s nine inches and a half long, 
oa the m u • neXt j Ut ' The bill is horn colour, paler 
■nandibles ■ th,.’ • ye ii°w on the ridges of both 
°n each siflo . ti *'* 0n ? r m andiblo is strongly notched 
•n black ri, riii l '. e nap'stntm before the eyes terminates 
bright yellow 't!® 8 ’ as on S' as the bill; the irides are 
a light burnt n„,i B general colour of the plumage is 
head and ir tn ST* ^ T W « sl1 - A* the 
breast and bellv . . f le iieck ; the lower part of the 
being banded with brotn^’th^iiif^' 1 "? "f the former 
white immaculate. The f I tad-coverts arc 
body, the feathers bei ul- ' dar , k f tka . n the 
whitish - the nrimariec orTa s P<>tted and banded with 
'’'ix- mor i fi . Ve or six handed, each band 
° m ° le 0r less Wl4el y interrupted near the shaft, 
*?“«**. “V r appellation. 
Priority 1,1/ ’l- f . • ,P X ™™™laria will, by right of 
Propose for tl tts >vely retained lor the Coquimbo owl, we would 
P°so lor the present bird the name of Stri.v hypugaa. 
