A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watercolour" class="extiw" title="w:watercolour">watercolour</a> drawing of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Bay_Owl" class="extiw" title="w:Oriental Bay Owl">oriental bay owl</a> (<i>Phodilus badius</i>; known in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language" class="extiw" title="w:Malay language">Malay</a> as the <i>burung hantu</i> ("ghost bird")), perched on an angsana tree (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_indicus" class="extiw" title="w:Pterocarpus indicus">Pterocarpus indicus</a></i>). The illustration of the owl is highly idealized, as each feather is shown in place and separated from the others. In addition, the artist has added a "hood" over the owl's face that is absent in nature. The drawing is one of 477 natural history drawings of plants and animals of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malacca" class="extiw" title="w:Malacca">Malacca</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" class="extiw" title="w:Singapore">Singapore</a> commissioned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farquhar" class="extiw" title="w:William Farquhar">William Farquhar</a>.
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Unknown author<span style="display: none;">Unknown author</span> (anonymous Chinese artist).</div>
between 1819 and 1823 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1823-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.luxury-insider.com/uploads/news/2011/09/8.-oriental-bay-owl-large.jpg">[1]</a>.