. A general history of birds . p. ii. p. 64. SIZE of the Bam Owl; length Wiin. Bill vellow; theplumage on the upper parts of the bird is brown, with yellowishbands ; throat and breast pale brown, banded with white ; bellyyellowish white, with longish, red brown stieaks ; thighs and legswoolly, very pale, nearly white, with small blackish spots; quillsand tail brown, crossed with four or five white bands. This was brought from America, several miles within SouthGeorgia. 66.—BOOBOOK OWL. Strlx Boobook, hid. Orn. Sup. p. xv. Shatvs Zool, vii. Owl, Gen. Syn, Sup. ii. p. 64. SIZE of the
. A general history of birds . p. ii. p. 64. SIZE of the Bam Owl; length Wiin. Bill vellow; theplumage on the upper parts of the bird is brown, with yellowishbands ; throat and breast pale brown, banded with white ; bellyyellowish white, with longish, red brown stieaks ; thighs and legswoolly, very pale, nearly white, with small blackish spots; quillsand tail brown, crossed with four or five white bands. This was brought from America, several miles within SouthGeorgia. 66.—BOOBOOK OWL. Strlx Boobook, hid. Orn. Sup. p. xv. Shatvs Zool, vii. Owl, Gen. Syn, Sup. ii. p. 64. SIZE of the Brown Owl, and somewhat resembles it, especiallyon the upper parts; but marked with yellow streaks on the head,and with spots of the same on the back; chin and throat yellow,streaked and spotted with rufous; belly ferruginous, with paleirregular spots and markings; thighs and legs covered with downyfeathers, marked with black; toes of a brownish red ; bill small,and dusky. Inhabits New-Holland, there called Boobook. PL (//f/ff/f-j ( u /. OWL. -303 67.—03IIN0US OWL—Pl. XVI. LENGTH 9Jin. Bill black ; upper ridge and cere greenish ;space round the eyes whitish and bristly; irides yellow; head, andupper parts of the body dark brown, with some whitish spots on thescapulars; shoulders and wing coverts pale, or whitish on the edges;neck and breast pale brown, inclining to white towards the vent, andmarked with curved spots of rusty brown ; under wing coverts dirtywhite, with large spots of brown ; quills dark brown, barred withwhite, the exterior plain brown, and serrated on the outer edge; tailsomewhat longer than the cjuills, when closed, dusky brown, crossedwith four or five bars of black, the end white ; legs feathered tothe toes, which are covered with tubercles and bristles ; claws black. The female measures in length less by one inch, and is moreslender, but scarcely dilFers in colour ; the irides are pearl-colour. Inhabits India ; is the Col Pecha of the Bengalese
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