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 Ninox connivens occidentalis Rams. 



Ninox connivens occidentalis Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales i. (2) p. 1086 (1886— N.W. 

 Australia). 



A more western form, smaller, with the stripes on the underside more rusty. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1905. p. 210. 



Probably N. peninsularis Salvad. from Cape York is a closely allied form 

 of this species. 



Ninox connivens assimilis (Salvad. and D'Alb.). 



Ninox assimilis Salvadori and D'Albertis, Ann. Mm. Civ. Genova vii. p. 809 (Southern New 

 Guinea). 



Very much smaller than the Australian allies, and with the bars on the 

 tail less conspicuous, becanse they are only of a paler brown than the rest ol 

 the tail. 



We have only one specimen of this owl, without reliable locality, but doubt- 

 less from the mountains of British New Guinea, purchased from Messrs. 

 Mcllwraith & Co., in London. Wiug 260 mm. 



Ninox connivens rufostrigata (Gray). 



Athene rufostrigata G. E. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1860. p. 344. (Gilolo). 



Quite like N. c. assimilis, with the bars to the tail equally inconspicuous, 

 but much larger. 



We have two specimens from Morty (J. Dumas coll.), wings about 285 mm., 

 one 6 ad. from Batjan (J. Waterstradt coll.), wing about 278, a pullus from Batjau 

 (Doherty coll.), and a bird, marked S, obtained on Obi Major by Waterstradt's 

 hunters ; this is at first glance a puzzling bird, agreeing in size with our assimilis, 

 but the primaries are not fully grown. 



Strix tenebricosa arfaki Schleg. 



Strix arfaki Schlegel, Notes Leyden Museum i. p. 101 (1879— Arfak). 



Mr. Meek sent a series of eight specimens from the Upper Aroa River. The 

 males agree with other males from the mountains of British New Guinea, while 

 the females are considerably larger. Strix arfaki is merely a darker and somewhat 

 larger Papuan form of the North Australian Strix tenebricosa Gould. 



1 ?, Avera, Aroa River, 4. vi. 03. (No. A 601.) Wing about 293 mm. 



2 <?c?, Owgarra, Angabnnga River, above 6000 ft., 9, 13. i. 05. (Nos. A 1969, 

 1985.) Wings about 255 mm. 



1 rj, 4 ? ?, Head of Aroa River, 4000—6000 ft., April aud May 1905. (Nos. 

 A 2132, 2133, 2139,2161, one without number.) Wing, <$ 255 mm., ? 285—305 mm. 



1 ? (? 6 !), Collingwood Bay, 8. vi. 1899. (No. 2585.) Wing 270 mm. 



"Iris black, brown, dark brown, bluish black. Feet dirty greenish slate, 

 vandyke-brown, smoky brown. Bill blackish horn, black, slate on top, light 

 brown underneath." 



