11. xiNox. 181 



cross burs a little paler ; tail dark brown, narrowly tipped with 

 whitish, and barred across with lighter brown, about eight bars 

 being distinguishable. Total length 18 inches, ^Ying 13-4, tail 9, 

 tarsus 1-8. {Mas. Paris.) 

 Bab. New Guinea. 



17. Ninox aniensis. 



Noctua arueusis, Schl. N. T. I), iii. p. 329 ; hi. livmw Accinitr. p. .31 



(1873). 

 Athene arueusis, Gray, Haml-l. B. i. p. 40. 

 Ninox aruensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1875, p. 258. 



Adult female (type of species). Above brown, of a chocolate 

 tiage, the head a little darker, the whole upper surface crossed 

 >nth indistinct bars of dull bull'; quills chocolate-brown, barred 

 with lighter brown, the secondaries much paler and edged with 

 huffy whitish towards the tips, and exhibiting externally five bars 

 of pale ashy brown ; tail chocolate -brown, tipped with huffy white, 

 and crossed with twelve bars of ashy brown ; forehead very con- 

 spicuously white, as well as the feathers under the eye, the fore 

 part of cheeks, and throat ; ear-coverts uniform dark brown ; sides 

 of neck and underparts dull tawny rufous, barred across with buff, 

 the bars inclining to white on the flanks and abdomen ; under tail- 

 coverts and tarsal feathers uniform fulvous ; under wing-coverts 

 also uniform buif, the outer ones crossed with rufous bai's, the lower 

 ones greyish brown, with bufly white cross bars ; a large patch of 

 white on the outer edge of the bend of the wing ; under surface of 

 wings and tail lighter than the upper, the cross bars appearing 

 whiter. Total length 17 inches, culmen 1-65, wing 10-5, tail 7*3, 

 tarsus V2b. (Mas. Lugd.) 



Hub. Aru Islands. 



18. Ninox franseni. 



Noctua fransenii, Schl. X. T. D. iii. p. 25G; id. Revue Accijntr. p. 31 



(1873). 

 Athene franseni, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 40. 

 Ninox franseni, Sharpe. Ibis, 1875, p. 258. 



Adult female (type of species). Exactly similar to N. aruensis, 

 but is very much larger. Total length 2(>o inches, culmen 1-8, 

 wing 18'o, tail 9-2, tarsus 1-9. {Mas. Lugd.) 



Hab. Waigiou. 



19. Ninox superciliaris. 



8trix superciliaris, Vieill. N. Diet. (THist. Nat. vii. p. 33. 



Strix sonnerati, Temm. PL Col. i. pi. 21. 



Noctua sonnerati, Stepk. Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 04: Less. Man. 



d'Orn. i. p. 111. 

 Surnia sonnerati, Bp. Oss. Reyne Anim. Cuv. p. 58. 

 Athene sonnerati, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 35; Bli/tli, J. A. S. B. x'lv. 



p. 185. 



