17-i BUBOXIDJE. 



tlic outer margiu, the greater series ashy browii, barred •with whitish 

 on the inner web, thus exactly resembling the inner lining of the 

 quills, which are similarly coloured ; bill black, white on the ridge ; 

 toes 3'ellow, with dark hairs ; iris golden yellow. Total length 12-5 

 inches, wing 7'5, tail 5-3, tarsus 1-35. 



Dr. Duller gives the female as slightly smaller than the male. 

 The measurements for the latter are stated to be as follows — total 

 length 12-5 inches, wing 8, tail 5-75, tarsus 1*5. The only S2)e- 

 cimcn in the Eritish Museum sexed as " male " has the wings and 

 tail too imperfect to admit of comparison. 



Nestling. Covered with whitish down, plumbeous beneath. ( W. L. 

 Bulhr.) 



Hah. New Zealand. 



a. Ad. st. New Zealand. Purchased. 



b. Ad. st. New Zealand. Miss II. Stone [P. J. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Miss It. Stone [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Su- G. Grey [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Antarctic Expedition [C.]. 

 fi 9- <S $ si'd. sk. Now Zealand. Antarctic Expedition [C.j. 

 h. Ad. sk. Bay of Islands. Antarctic Expedition [C.J. 

 i. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



k. 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



9. Ninox maculata. 



Noctua maculata, Vig. S^- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 189 ; Less. Man. 



d'Om. i. p. 113; Schl. Mm. P.-B. Striges, p. 39. 

 Athene macidata, Gould, Si/n. B. Aitstr. pt. .3 ; id. B. Austr. i. pi. 33 ; 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 35 ; Cass. Cat. Strigidce Phil. Mus. p. 16 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 42 ; Strickl. Orn. Sijn. p. 166 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 41. 

 Spiloglaux maculatus, Kaiip, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 108 ; id. Tr. Z. S. 



iv. p. 217 ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zovl. 1854, p. 544 ; Gould, Handb. 



B. Austr. i. p. 76. 

 Ninox maculata, Sharps, Ibis, 1875, p. 258. 



Adult. Above chocolate-brown, the whole upper surface mottled 

 with white spots, disposed in pairs on the feathers, being much 

 smaller on the head and hind neck, larger and more in the form of 

 bars on the scapulars, some of the white bars completely traversing 

 these feathers near the base ; upper wing-coverts chocolate-brown, 

 a little more rufous than the back, the least ones with a few fulvous 

 spots, larger and whiter on the median and greater series ; primarj-- 

 coverts uniform sooty brown ; quills brown, barred with paler brown 

 fading off much lighter on the outer web of the primaries, some of 

 which have a white notch or two towards the tip of the feather ; 

 upper tail-coverts uniform chocolate-brown; tail brown, indistinctly 

 barred with paler brown, of which about six or seven are faintly indi- 

 cated on the centre feathers ; forehead white ; lores and a small 

 eyebrow whitish, the former with long black hair-like bristles ; sides 

 of face chocolate-brown, the ear-coverts with a few whitish streaks ; 

 cheeks whitish, some few feathers with rufous centres ; chin whitish ; 

 rest of under surface of body rufous, everywhere mottled with white, 

 the breast-feathers streaked on each side, the belly and flank-feathers 



