BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. 3. Strix. 167 
^"i^ncana Head and body above cinereous, beneath nifty ; _ rurnp white 
fpotted with black ; wings and tail rufty with cinereous 
and grey tranfverfe lines. Jmencan Owl. 
Inhabits A'orf/t ylrafmrt; fize of the next. 
Bill yellow ; irids golden ; orbits afti ; legs yellow ; claws black. 
Feathers of the ears 6. Long-eared Owl. 
Body much darker. 
Much fmaller. . , , 
Inhabits America, Europe and Egjpt : 14 inches long ; never 
migrates, is clamourous and builds in trees. 
Horns black and yellow ; irids yellow ; back and wing-coverts 
dulky -brown, grey and yellowiihuufty ; breajt and beUy pale 
yellow with brown longitudinal lines ; tail barred with alb- 
colour and dulky ; legs and feet feathered to the claws. , 
Horns Ihort ; body above brown, the feathers edged with 
yellow : beneath pale yellow longitudinally ftreaked 
with dulky. . Short-eared Owl. 
Inhabits Europe, Amenc a m.i\ Siberia : 14 inches long .watches 
for mice in barns ; tail dulky-brown, the middle feathers with 
a yellow circle of the legs yellow. 
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Body above pale rufty-brown fpotted with white, ^^i^^th 
whitilh with rufty-brown fpots. Brajtl Uw>. 
Inhabits Brapls fizc of a thrufii. 
Bill, irids, fhort/e« and toes yellowifh. 
Body grey," 
rufty ; 
black. 
beneath paler, both fpotted with black and 
feathers of the head and breaft dotted with 
Mottled Owl. 
Inhabits Neio York ; 11 inches long. _ 
Eace white fpotted with brown ; Jhoulders and wtng-coverls with 
large white fpots; primary ijuill-Jeathers fpotted with black 
and pale rufty. 
Back dulky; wing-coverts grey with black lines; bread 
buff with fmall black arrow-lhaped fpots. Indian Owl. 
Inhabits Ceylflti; 7 indies long. _ , , n c ’ 
BUI dulky furrounded with long bfiftlcs ; /iMfl dumvbrown; 
orbits pale alh; legs half naked, beneath rcddifh-)e 5 *^* 
ears dulky on tliS inner, and white on the outer fides , 
fcarlet, 
