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bars, which are, however, very distinct ou the under tail-coverts ; 

 under wing;-covert8 white, narrowly barred with brown, as also are 

 the axillaries ; bill black ; iris yellow. Total length 21 inches, 

 ciilnien 1-8, auricular tufts 2-4, wing 13-4, tail 7-7, tarsus 3-1. 



Ohs. Some specimens are not mottled with white but with rufous 

 buff, and have consequently a more rufescent appearance ; but it 

 appears that the species gets darker and more uniform with age, 

 especially on the upper surface and the sides of the face. 



Hab. The whole of South Africa, ranging as high as the Zambesi 

 on the east coast, and to Benguela on the west. 



a. Pull. 8t. South Africa. South-African Museum. 



b. Juv. St. South Afi-ica. South- African Museum. 



c. Ad. St. South Afi-ica. 



d. Ad. St. South Africa. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



e. Ad. St. South Africa. Zoological Society. 



/. Juv. sk, Benguela. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



ff, h, i. Skeletons. South Africa. Zoological Society. 



k. Sternum. Zoological Society. 



8. Bubo cinerascens. 



Otus africanus, Rilpp. Neiie Wirh. p. 45 {nee Teinm.) ; id. Syst, 



Uehers. p. 12. 

 Bubo cinerascens, G^wr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 321 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 37 ; Cass. Cat. Strigidce, p. 8 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 49, et Rev. et 



Mag. de Zuol. 1854, p. 542; Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 217; Heugl. in 



Peterm. Mitth. 1861, p. 20; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Oti, p. 15; Blanf. 



Geol. 8)~ Zool. Abyss, p. 302 ; Antin. ^ Salvad. Viaqq. Bogos, 



p. 39. 

 Otus cinerascens, Des Murs, in Lefebvr. J'oi/. Abyss. Zool. p. 74, 



pi. 4. 

 Bubo cinerascens, Guer. Sf Lafr. in Ferret et Galin. Voy. Abyss. Zool. 



iii. p. 181, pi. 2. 

 Otus maculosus, Ilorsf. ,$■ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. £. I. Co. i. p. 80 ; 



Heugl.J.f. O. 1803, p. 13. 

 ^golius africanus, Heugl. Syst. ZTebers. p. 14. 

 Bubo maculosus (nee V.), Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 19: id. J. f. O. 



1861, p. 101 ; Brehm, Reis. n. Ilabesch, pp. 208, 270 ; Heugl.' Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. p. 114; Finsch i'- Hartl. Vog. Ostirfr. p. 103. 

 Bubo afiicanus, Scl. Rep. Speke coll. Somali Ld. p. 9 ; Spekc, Ibis, 



1860, p. 244; Hengl. in Peterm. Mitth. 1861, p. 20. 

 Otus melanotus, Heiiql. J. f. 0. 1863, p. 12. 



Bubo selenotis, Heugl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 293 (ex Pr. Wiirt. MS.). 

 Huhua cinerascens, Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 149; id. in Anderss. B. 



Dam. Ld. p. 42. 



Adult. Above brown, mottled and transversely vermiculated with 

 darker brown, and crossed with zigzag lines of whitish on the sca- 

 pulars and inner secondaries ; the outer scapulars white, narrowly 

 barred across with brown, forming a very conspicuous shoulder- 

 patch, the bases of the feathers on this part inclining to orange-bufF: 

 wing-coverts brown, with less numerous zigzag bars, the greater 

 coverts mottled with white, the median ones with a large round 

 .spot of white at the tips, forming an indistinct band ; quills brown, 



