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ST. DOMINGO
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CAYENNE
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rows of thefe animals in the ground, or rather, according t»
him, making holes in the ground of itfelf. But this laft fad M. de
Buffon thinks is not clear : he fuppofes it to have great analogy,,
if not the fame with La grande Chevêche, or Brown Owl, N° 28.
M. du Tertre * mentions an Owl, frequenting the iflands o f
America, which lays it’s eggs and hatches it’s young in holes in
the ground; and fays it has a black and white plumage, and
frequents mountainous parts.
Ea Chouette, ou grande Cheveche de St. Domingue, B u f oif. i. p. 392. N° 6.
H I S is more like the Brown Owl than any other; but
M. de Buffon thinks it a different fpecies from any yet de-
fcribed. This has a more crooked, larger, and dronger bill
than any other. The belly is of a plain rufous colour, with a
few longitudinal fpots on the bread: only; whereas the Chouette
of Europe has both the bread and belly marked with great
brown flame-Jhaped fpots.
This was fent from St. Domingo.
Le Chathuant de Cayenne, Buf. oif, i. p. 391..
■■ -----■ ' ... PI. enl. 442.
Q I Z E of the Tawny Owl. Bill flefh-colour : indes yellow
feathers encircling the eyes afh-colour; near the eye black:
general colour rufous, driated, both above and beneath,, with
narrow tranfverfe waved brown lines: claws black.
* Hiß. die Amities, vol. ii. p. 257.
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This bird inhabits Cayenne, and, according to M. de Buffon, is
a new fpecies, not before deferibed.
Stryx accipitrinus, Pall. Foy. iii. 45;. Il° 6.
— — ---- ■ - S. G. Gmeliu, vol. ii. 162. t. 9.
g l Z E of the Brown Owl. Bill and irides citron-colour: the
feathers encircling the face occupy Iefs fpace than in mod
Owls; thefe are white forwards, and incline to ferruginous
behind, the outer circle varied with luteous and black : on the
eyelid, behind, is a black fpot: the body on the upper parts inclining
to luteous; beneath, of a luteous white, dreaked longitudinally
with blackifh ; between the legs fpotted with the
fame : vent white : greater quills luteous; lefier ones white,
teffellated with black : lower wing-coverts black at the tips:
tail fhorter than the wings, rounded; whitifh on the fides, and
tranfverfely banded with black: legs luteous, covered to the
toes with white downy feathers.
Inhabits the borders of the Cafpian Sea,
It feems fomewhat allied to the Hawk Owl of Edwards,
N° 30, above-mentioned. This I think poffible, from the latitudes
of both places not differing much, and that more than one
of our Owls are indigenous both to Europe and America, making,
a trifle of allowance for variation of climate.
It is likewife to be obferved, that it is called by Dr. Pallas,
accipitrinus, or the Hawk Owl,
U 2 Stryx
P l a c e .
36.
CASPIAN
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Place.