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 Ninox variegata (Quoy & Gaini.). 



Noctua variegata Qnoy & < J.iiniard, Voy. Ash"! Zool. i p. l'i'i. pi. i. (1833 — Xew Ireland). 

 We have two specimens collected on New Hanover by ("apt. Webster. 



Ninox goldii goldii Gurney. 



Ninox goldii Garney, Ib'u 1883. p. 169 (S.E. New Guinea. Probably this is erroneous, as in many 

 other cases with Goldie's birds, and the types were from Fergusson Island). (Cf. Nov. Zool. 

 1896. p. 24R.) 



Ninoa goodenovimeis De Vis, Report on Birds from Brit. New Guinea (Government Report) 1890. 



Besides the examples from Fergnsson we liave now two from Goodenough, 

 1 c? ad. 1 juv. The latter has more white on the scapulars and wing-coverts, and 

 the inner secondaries have large round white spots on the inner webs, these spots 

 getting larger towards the base. The under-sarface is not bright rusty rufous 

 spotted with white, as in the adult bird, but whitish with brown longitudinal spots 

 and pale rust)' tips to the feathers. Ninox goodenoviemis is undoubtedly the same 

 as goldii. 



We cannot find that the description of Ramsay's N. terricolor (JProc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. Wales, iv. 1879. p. 466) can apply to A r . goldii. The description is very 

 confused, but that of the tail and wings does not fit A T . goldii, moreover the 

 measurements are considerably smaller. We therefore think that N. terricolor 

 must be a species or subspecies not yet known in Europe. 



Ninox rufa humeralis (Bp.). 



Athene humeralis Bonaparte, Cotisp. i. p. 40 (1850 — "Oceania." Ex Hombr. et Jacq., Voy. Pole 

 Sud, Alias, pi. iv. fig. 1. ''New Guinea"). 



1 jnv., moulting to adult plnmage, Dutch New Guinea. Ex Boucard. 

 (No. 46.) 



1 ad., Ambernoh River, Dutch New Guinea. J. Dumas coll. 



1 ad., Brown River, British New Guinea. E. Weiske coll. 1898. 



1 jun., Mt. Kebea, 4000 ft., June 1902. A. E. Pratt coll. 



1 cJ, 1 ?, Milne Bay, 13, 17. ii. 1899. (Nos. 2300, 2344.) A. S. Meek coll. 



1 ? , Collingwood Bay, 28. v. 1899. (No. 253(1.) A. S. Meek coll. 



" Iris lemon chrome, light lemon, pale yellow. Feet light lemon chrome. 

 Bill : blnish enamel down centre on top, sides blue-slate, uuder-iuaudible bluish 

 enamel.'' 



The downy young is white. 



Ninox ? ? 



A young owl in light cinuamon down, with wings and tail developed, which 

 are brown with rufous bars, does not seem to belong to any owl we know of. 

 Possibly it is the young of a hitherto unknown Bpecies, It is from British 

 New Guinea, and was bought from Messrs. Burns, Philp & Co. 



Ninox connivens connivens (Lath.). 



Falro connivens Latham, 1ml. Orn, Suppl, ii. p. 12 (1801 — Australia). 



This is an Australian large form with very distinct bars on the tail. We 

 have specimens from <'iiirns and other places in Queensland, 



