CAYENNE OWL. 
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Generic Character . 
Bill crooked, without cere. 
Nostrils covered with recumbent bristly feathers. 
Head large ; Ears and Eyes large. 
Tongue bifid. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Rufous OWL, with numerous, brown, trans¬ 
verse, linear undulations, and yellow eyes. 
Chat-huant de Cayenne. 
Buff. ois. 1 . p. 391. 
PI. Enl. 442. 
CAYENNE OWL. 
Lath. syn. 1. p. 14O. 
This elegant species appears to have been first de¬ 
scribed by the Count de Buffon. It is a native of 
Cayenne, and is about the size of the common 
white or barn owl. The plate, of course, represents 
it as considerably diminished from its natural mag¬ 
nitude. 
