152 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



Genus NINOX Hodgson 



Noctua venatica Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 75, "pi. XXii, fig. 1," 



1848. 

 ^=Ninox novaeseelandiae venatica (Peale) . See Peters, Checklist of birds 



of the world 4: 140, 1940. 

 13944. Adult female. Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand. 



Original number 38. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 

 Ninox scutulata randi Deignan 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 64: 41, April 13, 1951. 

 200878. Adult female. Catagan (elev. 1,100 feet), at the base of Mount 



Malindang, Misamis Province, Mindanao Island, Philippine Islands. 



May 23, 1906. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 



14196. 

 Ninox philippensis proxinia Mayr 



Zoologica, New York 30: 108, November 15, 1945. 



314872. Adult female. Palanog, Masbate Island, Philippine Islands. 

 November 14, 1892. Collected by Dean C. Worcester and Frank S. 

 Bourns. Received from the Minneapolis Public Library, which ac- 

 quired it from the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, where it 

 was No. 364 of the Menage Collection. 



Ninox philippensis centralis Mayr 



Zoologica, New York 30: 108, November 15, 1945. 



314873. Adult male. Siquijor Island, Philippine Islands. February 28, 



1891. Collected by Dean C. Worcester and Frank S. Bourns. Re- 

 ceived from the Minneapolis Public Library, which acquired it from 

 the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, where it was No. 363% 

 of the Menage Collection. 



Ninox spilonotus Bourns and Worcester 



Occas. Pap. Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 1 (1):8, December 8, 1894. 



=Ninox spilonota Bourns and Worcester. See Peters, Checklist of birds 

 of the world 4: 143, 1940. 



314875. Adult female. Badajoz, Tablas Island, Philippine Islands. 

 September 18, 1892. Collected by Dean C. Worcester and Frank S. 

 Bourns. Received from the Minneapolis Public Library, which ac- 

 quired it from the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, where it 

 was No. 373 of the Menage Collection. 



314877. Adult female. Sibuyan Island, Philippine Islands. October 13, 



1892. Collected by Dean C. Worcester and Frank S. Bourns. Received 

 from the Minneapolis Public Library, which acquired it from the 

 Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, where it was No. 372 of the 

 Menage Collection. 



The original series comprised at least four specimens, from the islands 

 of Cebu, Sibuyan, Tablas, and Mindoro. Since the population of Mindoro 



