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specimen from Port Moresby. I may here mention that, Ninox 

 odiosa of Sclater, and my Ninox novce-britannice are two very 

 distinct species ; both birds have been examined and compared 

 by me before jV. odiosa was sent to Dr. Sclater. See P.L.S. of JST. 

 S.W., I., p. 369. How the editors of the Ibis could come to the 

 conclusion that both these species, (N. odiosa and JV. novoe- 

 britannice) were the same, I cannot imagine. I do not suppose 

 they took the trouble to compare the descriptions. 



14. — Ninox albomaculata, sp. nov. 



This species agrees for the most part with Mr. Sharpe's des- 

 cription of N. oceUata, Homb. et Jacq. (Cat. Bds. IL, p. 170), 

 particularly in the large white spots on the scapulars and wing 

 coverts. All the upper surface is of an earthy brown tint, head 

 uniform without streaks, upper tail-coverts and outer webs of the 

 tail feathers tinged with fawn color, some of the former with con- 

 cealed spots of white on the outer webs, tail dark earthy brown 

 with six to eight faint ashy bars, the outer feathers on either side 

 faintly notched on the outer webs with white on the fulvous 

 margin; in other respects like N. ocellata as described by Mr. R. 

 B. Sharpe (t.c. p. 170) ; bill dark horn color ; feet brown 1 



Total length 15*5 in., wing 10*2 in., tail 6"1 in., tarsus 1*5, bill 

 1"15, culmen 1 'SS. The only skin is in such a bad state that it is 

 quite impossible to describe it accurately. 



From the Laloki River, without sex, but probably a female. 



15. — Ninox unddlata, sp. nov. 



This species is not unlike N. rufa of Gould, but is altogether 

 smaller. It approaches N. humeralis, (Homb. et Jacq.) Sharpe's 

 Cat. of Birds, II, p. 180) ; but on the whole differs so much that 

 I think it should form the type of a new species, which I propose 

 to describe under the name of N. undidata. 



Adult Male. All the upper surface dull, dark chocolate-brown 

 transversely barred with narrow lines of light fulvous brown, 

 becoming almost white on the rump, scapularies, and outer webs 

 of some of the greater wing-coverts which are tinged with 

 rufous ; feathers at the base of cere, and the lores, white with 

 black shafts j feathers on forehead whitish at the base, but barred 



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