THE 
CLOUDED O W L. 
Generic Character. 
Bill crooked (not furnilhed with a cere.) 
Nojlrils covered with recumbent briflly feathers. 
Head large : Ears and Eyes large. 
Tongue bifid. 
Lin. Syjl. Nat. — Accipitres. 
Specific Character, &c. 
OWL tranfverfly fafciated with brown and whi- 
tilh, the belly white with oblong ferrugi¬ 
nous fpots. 
BARRED OWL. 
Pennant. ArCt. Zool. p. 234* 
Lath. Synopf. p. 133- 
This is one of the larger fpecies of Owls, though 
inferior in fize to fome others of the genus. A lpeci 
men defcribed by Dr. Forster in the Philofophical 
Tranfactions weighed three pounds, and was in length 
fixteen inches, and in breadth, when extended, four 
feet. The whole bird is tranfverfly barred with brown 
and whitifh ; the bars being fmalleft, and moll nume- 
M 2 rous 
