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Range. The entire world, excepting; W. Africa, Malai.sia, Australia, 

 and Oceania : present in the Sandwich Ishxnds. 



Kei/ to the S^iecies. 



a. Lig:lit bauds ou ij^uills less than ten in number. 

 «'. Under surface of quills barred across with 

 brown, and the tips entirely hrowu ; face 

 more or less fulvescent, the toes also 

 more or less plumed. 

 n". Ear-tufts veiy lonir, about equal to 

 middle toe ai:d claw. 

 a" '. Breast streaked with black, with late- 

 ral bars or vermiculations of black 



also of>is, p. 227. 



a. Underneath orange-buft'; the breast- 

 feathers white, mesially streaked 

 with dull brown, each feather 

 mottled with vermiculations on 

 each side of the brown central 

 stripe, a. otns, p. 227. 

 l3. Underneath orange-butl", the breast- 

 feathers white, not only mesially 

 streaked with dark bro-wn, but 

 also laterally barred with the 

 same ; the whole tone of pliunage 

 darker than in A. otus. /3. ameri- 

 Cdnus, p. 229. 

 b'". Breast-feathers broadly streaked with 

 black, without lateral bars or ver- 

 miculations. 

 u*. Inner linino- of quills fulvous, barred 

 with dark bro^^■n, the first primary 

 with five dark bars ; face whitish, 



rufous below the eye , . . mcxicanus, p. 2-31. 



hK Inner lining of quills dark brown, 

 with fulvous bars, five in number, 

 on first primary ; face dusky buff, 



with white shaft-streaks . . ' madagascariensis, p. 232. 



h". Ear-tufts short, less than the middle toe 

 and claw. 

 c". Upper surface fulvous or tawny, 

 streaked with brown down the 



centre of the feather accipitrinus, p. 234. 



cV". Upper surface uniform brown, with 

 here and there slight rufesceut ver- 

 miculations, scarcely perceptible.. capensiSj'p. 239. 

 b\ Under surface of quills nearly uniform cho- 

 colate-brown,with one band of yellowish 

 white about halfway up the first pri- 

 mary ; toes partially bare, the inner one 



entirely so stygms, p. 241. 



*fe. Light bands on quills ten in number, and 

 about the same number on the tail-feathers ; 

 face foxv red ; bill vellow ; toes bare .... grammiciis, p. 242. 



