|l|i L O M i - F . A R K I ) OWL.
oth,or biçâs in .low Imslios. Air Wktwii.v.s says it. lav»«irj Apr i l , and
ftattté voi.ng 11,Y i n .May.: .nnd Mr Dbi;mm<xnd found A rmst M. the
g r o u n d , » th.; same nej.g«hb.owho.,d, containing .eggsjl:on ¡the-6th
«f. J , u k , «ajid JsilloJ .both the .birds. On computing t|ie.ai.<lv(«me,ntioneÎ!
«gg« wiâ}», i t ta«6î tlie Engl ish Long-earcd Owl , the , ikae^pi a W ! §
proved ,to bo smaller, measuring only to inch ar.d.-a half in length, and
1.27 inches in breadth ; whi l e tl,« KnglMi .„„„s measured J.8 inch in
length, and 1,: in breadth. Thoaorm and .coh.jir w(1r.o the same in
both.?
T U o fo»<J'»l'.tljis.()wa ,-<tt,HstS: of rats, mice, ami other small quadrupeds,
vis well as l.irds.of various .spocù<.s iti stomach having been
found by in... .crammed with feathers and other remains o f the latter.
There;is .a m.'irked .dilïeoen.Ke .bet»;e.on the..sexes;. The males «ai*
' not,.only .smaller than the females, but darker.; ,an.i,tlùs tedempte.!
Bte to,consider the Strix MUXWOMUSMX Mi-.Skai.vsox and the ¡Krince of
M.c>sk;.\ano as iu,en«ly.a large feaaale .of our •Uuig-Qiir.odiO-w-l. ; •
S t r i x Ours, Lvm. ^ j s t . N i ^ vok i . p. 132.^0«. Ind. Ornith-voÎ. i. p 53—04..
iï.Mfirk:, Synopsis of Birds of I f e i é d Stàjîi, p. 37.
• I o p ' - h m d Owi, SMl x Ottos«, l'Fifc Amer; Orniïli. vol. v i . J i ^ fp^gai i l f . "
S t r i x Otcs, I.okb'-eahkii 'Ow l y , m s é m and rtt,mU'iior.-Amnr.l»«I. ii.
fc^lfa,...
¡I-O-VO-KABK» Ovi.3J \uitaV, .Miouuli, \<«I. Î.JJ..13.I.
Adult l i a k Plate (.'CCI.XXXIII.
B i l l short, stout. ; upper man.iiiile with its dorsal lino sl ight l y curved
from the base, towards the end deet imd, the ridge broad ¡it the (base,
narrowed anteriorly, .convex i n its whole ..-.«eut, the; sides .sloping,«
the base,, c o n ^ towards the tip, the edges .soft im,i obtuscj * ¿i r ,as the •
nostrils, theg sbarp and barred t., 1,1«; end. ,1k low the. nostrils inflect..;^,
afterwards direct, the tip acute,, and at. Us «><.«'gg&..d'.'s<icnding ob-
^ » f f e ' . t l i e cere of moderne length, feathered on the s i f i y the lowpr
mandible «straight, it? anglS^ longat ^ widSand rounded, the dorsal
-®e ¥ e r y SÏ«%ami slightly convex, the back and sides convex,„ the
« f i ?® toward the, .end shar]i ami inflected, their outline decurved and
w i t h a sl ight sinus on each side, the tip obliquely truncate. Nostrils
medial, lateral,, large, oblique, .oblong, in iho fore edge of the cere,
LONG-BARED OWL. 575
w i t h a tough sof t membrane above, and having internal l y a ridge curved
bax:k\v;mls from the inner edge.
«Head vi-rv ¡largo, fat tened anteriorly,; neck short ; body very slender,
.but geeming large on .account o f .the great .mass o f .plumage. Feet
of moderate ¡length, .and stout ; ¡tarsi feathered, short ; toes also short,
tod -feathered« !the third and fourth connected .at the base by a short
web,; the first shortest, .and.admitting of much lateral mot ion, the third
loii!,«est,«,tli<! shocoihI. and -four! ii nearly .equal. On all (the toes aare itwQ
terminal; sratella. GHaws Jong, our-ved i n the fourth, ofiia eirtfe,,tapering,
extremely.iaomte, ¿rounded above,, very narrow beneaith, the first
and .-senund-rounded, «thc;rest flat; that of the fourth to.e smallest* .of
fihrMirM .ii!.igiii:k largm-, those t>f tin- "ti ier toes muchdarger and nearly
equal. .
Plumage extremely soft and downy. The facial disks complete, and
composed oficarcular-series «of weak,Hlender, slightly recurved feathers,
f&ajving ¡remote barbs; «surrounding wh-kh is a ruff formed' of several
-r.ows'of .obloisg incurved feathers, having the-barbs -close. The feathers
of the fonehuad an.« «apparent «between the ruffs, -although that part is
very narrow; the bill is partially concealed by the plumage; the
feathers are oblong or ovate, and rounded, extremely soft, tod blended,
-those .om .the .tarsi. and. .toesj ismafl, and somewhat silky; Wings long
and broad; primaries very broad, rounded; f f e outer a l i t t l e .incurved
towards the end, the first sinuate on the inner web hear the end, the
seoond'wry-sligbtlyiso ; the second longest , the tbird-'a l i t t l e shorter,
:the io-urt-h: a-fittle kiuger thar i t h e f i r s t ; -the outeri-n its-whole'length^the
useo©ndr taw-aiiils-thce-iid,- and'thefir-st alular feather, w i t h -the 'barbs dis-
.«mted'«and recurved at the ends. Tail rather Short, slightly convex,
t a l i t t l e rounded,'wi'ttwelvc broad ri-mndod feafhers, -having feeble shafts.
¡Bill hrownish-blaek, cere flesh-coloured ;' .irig'orange-; elaws'bluisiigrey,
idosky : tow®ds tl.C'tmd. The jeolouring of'the plumage-is very
-intrieaiie,.but ¡may .be described-as buff,, m o t t l ed and spotted ¡wi th brown
aaald igmyashvwihite. '1'hc disks are whitish anteriorly, -with -the tips
iblack, posterioriy reddish-white ; « the .ruff' mot t led wi t h red and-black ;
the '(Upper; .part of; the head,-«minutely mottled w i t h -whitish, brown ishblaek,.
and . l igbt i red' ; (the tufts.light-reddish toward the base, browni
s h - b l a c k i n i t h e .central part «toward the end, the inner edge -white, dotted
(Wiith dark-brown. -Tike .upper.parts areibiiff, variegated w i t h brown
-and whi t ish-grey, -minutely mottled or undulatingly -barred. The first