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6 <?(?, 1 ? (Sontli) Alligator River, June, August, September, November 1902, 

 1903 (Nos. lUl, I:.'ii4, I^!ii.-), ITTl to 1773). 



1 6, 1 pulhis, near Mary Kiver, NorthtTii Territory, U, l(i. ix. 1902 (Nos. 

 701 », 702). 



The Western form is smaller, above paler, the stripes on the nuderside always 

 much more rusty than in 3". '■. uoiiiiiccns, though the latter vary, being sometimes 

 lighter, sometimes darker. 



00. Ninox boobook ocellata ( llombr. & Jaccj.)- 



Alhriie iicelliila Hombr. & .Jacq., Vni/. Vule Slid, Ziml. iii. p. fil, pi. 3. fig. 2 (" Chili "— erroru !) 



1 ¥, Soda Springs, Hall's Creek Road, 24. iv. 1'.mi-,> (No. R. 412). "Iris light 

 brown, feet white, bill bluish at base, blackish at tip."' 



2 c?c?, 2 ?? (h^onth) Alligator River, April, May, June, August 1003 

 (Nos. 1200, 1207, 1208, 1512). 



1 ?, Eureka, Northern Territory, 1.5. i. 1003 (No. R. 978). 



These birds vary very much in colour, but are always distinguishable from 

 N. boohooh hoohook by their much lighter and more reddish colour. N. lurida de Vis 

 is most likely only an e.xtremely reddish example of ocellata. Judging from the 

 description, we have several like it. N. b. ocellata reaches to Northern Queensland, 

 while Southern and Middle Queensland still have S. b. boobook. I do not know 

 Salvadoii's iieninsularis from Cajie York. 



07. Ninox rufa rufa (Gould). 



AtUne riifu Gould, P.Z.S. 1846. p. 18 (Port Essington). 



2 cJc?, 2 ? ?, South Alligator River, SO miles from the coast, August, October, 

 November 1902 (Nos. 697, 698, 099, 1511). " Iris yellow, legs yellow." 



Gould's Xinox rufa, has evidently been erroneously united with .\'. strenua 

 in the Cat. B. ii., and, unfortun;itely, this error is repeated in the Ihtitd-LiM, 

 vol. i. I have before me a series of adult strenita and of equally adult ntja. 



Xinox rufa rufa inhabits N.W. Australia. Specimens from the ('ape York 

 Peninsula and North Queensland seem to be smaller, and should probably be 

 separable subsj)ecifieally. I have, however, only seen two, and I hesitate to name 

 this form fmm such a small material. These ('ape York specimens have apparently 

 been identified with Xinox j-afu humeralis from New Guinea, but the latter is 

 darker and still smaller than the North Queensland examples, which agree iu 

 colour with Western rafa. 



OS. Strix novaehollandiae Stejjh. 



Hlr'tx iiunic luilhimlide Stephens, Gen. ZooL xiii. 'J., p. 01 (ex Lathaui, G'c/i. llisl. B. i. p. ;S58. 

 " Mouse Owl. ' " Inhabits New Holland "). 



(??, South Alli.u'ator River, 8. x. 10U2, 29. vi. 1903 (Nos. 095, 120]). 

 "Iris black, feet brown." The female is heavily marked with spots and trian.i;iilar 

 marks of blackish brown along the sides, while the male has the underside white 

 with only a few small round brown s])ots. 



