THE 
WHITE-FRONTED OWL, 
Generic Character. 
Bill crooked, (not furniflied with a cere.) 
Hojlrils covered with recumbent briftly feathers. 
Head large : Ears and Eyes large. 
Tongue bifid. 
Specific Character. 
FERRUGINOUS - BROWN OWL, paler be¬ 
neath, with the forehead white, and the re¬ 
mises barred with black and white. 
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The very curious and diminutive fpecies of owl 
here rcprefcnted in its natural fize, has perhaps 
never been either figured or defcribcd. It is a na¬ 
tive of North America, and particularly of Canada. 
The fuppofed female is deftitute of the white fore¬ 
head, which forms fo confpicuous a character in 
the male? It belongs to the divifion of fmooth or 
hornlefs owls. 
