The Horn Owl Otus five Afio.
Numb. X .
IT S Weight was about ten Ounces; its Length from the Point of the
Bill, to the End of the Tail was fourteen Inches; its Breadth when
the Wings were extended three Feet four Inches; the Bill was black;
from the Point to the Angles o f the Mouth, one Inch and half a quar-
ter* the Tongue fleihy and a little divided; the Irides o f the Eyes or a
lovely Yellow; the Corners of the Ears large; the Face is encompaffed
with a double Row of Feathers, the extenour variegated with fmall
white, black, and red Lines; the interiour under the Eyes rediih: The
Feathers which cover the Breail and Belly are rediih, the middle Part
black, encompaffed with Red and Yellow, the Bottom of each white,
the Feathers on the Thighs yellowiih, with a Line and tranfverfe Bars of
a dark Brown; the beam Feathers of the Wings are regularly fpotted
with White and dark Brown; the Reft of the covert Feathers are particoloured,
of a yellowiih Brown with dusky Spots; the Edges and Bottoms
of the Feathers whitiih; the Top of the Head and Back of the
fame Colour with tranfverfe Lines of Black; the Horns were above an
Inch long, of a yellowiih White with fix' indented tranfverfe Lines of
Black; the Eyebrows rediih Brown..
' The Tail was made up of twelve Feathers fix Inches long; the extenour
being ihorteft, and the reft in Order to the middlemoft; fo that when
fpread it was terminated in a circular Circumference croffed with fix or
feven Bars of black, but narrower than in other Birds of this Kind, theinter-
jnediate Spaces above were of an Aih-colour, below of a pak Yellow. |
The Legs are feathered down to the Feet, which are of a Light-brown
the Claws black; that of the middle Toe on the infideginnedI into an
Edge; the outermoft of the Fore-Toes may be turned backwards, as in
other Owls. It had a large Gall; the Guts were twenty ^ h e s long; the
blind Guts two Inches and a quarter, longer and more tumid tha
other carnivorous Birds; in the Stomach was found Bones and Fu of
Mice This Bird I faw at Sir Henry Herns, whoihot it on Enfield Chafe,
I alfo faw the fame Bird in the Colleaion of Sir H »m , £ «
Thefe Birds are found in mountainous and unfrequented Plac ,
delighting in the lower and plain Countries, |j|||
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