Genus— E HABDOGLAUX. 
Ehabdoolattx Bonaparte, Eev. Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 543 . . Type B. rufa. 
Also spelt — 
Rabdoglatia; and Rhodoglaux Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p, 135, 1856. 
Very large Strigine birds with long powerful bills, long wings, long tails, and 
short powerful legs and short strong toes. 
The bill is long, powerful as in the succeeding genus, but more rapidly 
curving as in Hieracoglaux ; the nostrils are oval, obscured by very long 
bristles, and are scarcely visible from the frontal view. 
The wing is long, with the wing formula of Hieracoglaux and Spihglauxy 
from which genera the bird differs altogether in coloration. 
The tail is long and straight and proportionately a little longer than in 
those genera. 
The legs are very short and powerful and fully feathered ; the toes are 
strong but comparatively short, not much exceeding those of Hieracoglaux^ 
though the present bird is so much larger. 
This distinct genus stands alone by means of its coloration and size, 
while its peculiar feet at once separate it from the other genera. The facial 
disc is practically missing, and the hawk-like bill is veiy prominent. 
From field observations it appears that this and the preceding genera 
are day -hunters almost as much as night-feeders. 
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