THE 
LEAST HORNED OWL. 
Generic Character. 
Bill hooked, not furnilhed with a cere. 
Nojlrils covered with recumbent briftly feathers. 
Head large : Ears and Eyes very large. 
Tongue bifid. 
Specific Character , &c. 
HORNED OWL with pale grey plumage, va¬ 
ried with fpecks and markings ol black and 
brownilh; the long feathers of the wings 
fpotted with white. 
SIBERIAN OWL. 
Latham. Synopf. vol. 1. p. 130. 
The bird here reprefented in its natural fize, is the 
leaft fpecies of Owl yet known; it is of that divifion 
of the genus which contains the fpecies commonly cal¬ 
led Horned Owls, or fuch as have a tuft of feathers 
Handing up on each fide of the forehead. It is a na¬ 
tive of Siberia, and is found in fcvcral parts of Ruflia. 
It is a fpecies of uncommon elegance of plumage. 1 he 
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