182 liUBONIDjK. 



xVtheue superciliaris, F-ucher. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1849, p. 19 ; Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 39 ; Strickl. Oru. Si/n. p. 1C8 ; Gray, Haml-l. B. i. p. 40 ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 18G9, p. 4o3. 



Scops superciliaris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xix. p. 509. 



lei'aglaux superciliaris, Kaup, Cuntr. Oru. 18o2, p. 107. 



Noctua polleni, Schl. N. T. D. i. p. 81 ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421 ; id. 

 ^- roll. F. M. Ois. p. 49, pi. 17. 



Noctua superciliaris, Schl. Mas. P.-B. Revue Accipitr. p. 25. 



Ninox superciliaris, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 543; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 258. 

 Adult nude. Above brown, uniform in the centre of the back, the 

 scapulars with small white bars on the outer web, the whole head 

 and neck numerously spotted with minute dots of white ; wing- 

 coverts brown like the back, the median and greater wing-coverts 

 with large spots of white, bigger and more distinct on the latter 

 series ; quills brown, externally washed with slightly rufous brown 

 and spotted on the outer web with white like the wing-coverts, the 

 inner web barred with white ; upper tail-coverts uniform brown like 

 the back ; tail-feathers brown, with about four indistinct rows of 

 light brown spots, represented by notches of brown on the inner 

 web, the spots only distinct on the outer web of the outennost 

 feather ; sides of the face brown like the back, the lores also with 

 blackish shaft-lines ; the feathers just under the eye buffy white, as 

 well as a tolerably well-defined eyebrow ; cheeks pure white, the 

 hinder feathers tipped with brown and merging into the brown of 

 the neck ; cliin whitish ; throat crossed with a bar of brown feathers ; 

 fore neck whitish ; rest of under surface white, crossed with regular 

 bands of rufous brown ; leg-feathers fulvous ; under tail-coverts 

 white ; under wing-coverts white, marked with brown near the bend 

 and on the edge of the wing, the greater series ashy brown, whitish 

 at base, thus resembling the inner lining of the wing, which is ashy 

 brown, barred with whitish on the inner web. Total length 11*8 

 inches, wing 7*6, tail 4*7, tarsus 1'45. 



Obs. Another specimen, also a male, is apparently a younger bird. 

 It is much more uniform above, with scarcely any white markings on 

 the scapidars and the white dots on the crown nearly absent alto- 

 gether ; the under surface of the body is very much whiter, the brown 

 bars darker and much further apart ; the leg-feathers bright ochra- 

 ceous. Total length 12 inches, wing 7*5, tail 4*9, tarsus 1-5. 

 Hah. Madagascar. 



a. c? ad. sk. Morondava, Madagascar. Hr. J. 0. van Dam [C.]. 



b. (5 juv. sk. East Madagascar. Hr. J. C. van Dam [C.]. 



20. Ninox punctulata. 



Noctua punctulata. Quay et Gnim. Voy. de VAstrol. Zool. i. p. 165, 



pi. 1. iig. 1 ; Schl, Mils. P.-B. Striges, p. 29 : id. Revue Accipitr. 



p. 29. 

 Athene punctulata, Grnif, Gen. B. i. p. 35 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 41 ; Strickl. 



Orn. Si/n. p. 173 ; Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 22 ; Gray, Hatid-l. B. i. 



p. 41 ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 38. 

 f "ephaloptynx })unctulata, Kaup, Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 209 ; id. Contr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 105. 



