1. SJK1.X. 307 



a. Ad. St. Australia. Lady Caringtoa [P.J. 



b. Ad. sk. Interior of Queensland. J. B. White, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Near Brisbane, Queensland. M. A. Bouvier. 



4. Strix capensis. 



Strix capensis, Smith, S.-Afr. Q. Juuni. 2ud ser. no. 4, pt. 1, p. 317 ; 



id. III. Inch Zool. pi. xlv. ; Gnuj, Gen. B. i. p. 41 ; Bp. Coitsp. i. 



p. 55 ; Strickl. Oni. Si/n. p. 182 ; Schl. Mus. I'.-B. Strides, p. 6 ; 



Ldi/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 44 ; .S/(«/7;e, ed. Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 81. 

 Strix punctata, Licfit. Nomencl. Av. p. 6 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 53. 

 Aluco punctata, Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 66. 



Adult. Above pale brown, darker on the -n-ings, and much lighter 

 on the head and neck, aU the upper surface di-stinctly spotted with 

 white, the scapulars and some of the wing-coverts externally washed 

 with orange-buff, the least wing-coverts and those along the edge 

 of the wing almost entirely bright orange-buff; primary-coverts 

 uniform dark brown, only varied with buff at base ; quills brown, 

 barred across with darker brown, more numerously on the secon- 

 daries, which have a slight spot of white at the tips, and are much 

 varied with orange-buff, especially near the base ; the primaries less 

 varied on the inner webs, but the external interspaces are largely 

 marked with golden buff, gradually clearer and less vermiculatedwith 

 brown towards the base: lower surface of wing buffy white, in- 

 clining to brown towards the tips, the secondaries also banded mth 

 brown below; tail brown, the two centre feathers uniform, the 

 others barred with dull brown, the interspaces more or less washed 

 with orange-buff, increasing in extent towards the outer tail- 

 feathers, which are light orange-buff, inclining to whitish at tip, 

 and barred with brown ; forehead dull brown Hke crown of head ; 

 face fulvous, washed with rufous, deeper and inclining to black 

 round the eye ; facial disk light orange-buff, the upper part minutely 

 spotted and the lower part broadly tipped with dark brown ; sides 

 of face and of neck, as well as entLre under surface of body, bright 

 orange-buff, spotted with brown, those on the sides of the neck and 

 flank's rather larger and somewhat of a horseshoe shape ; the under 

 wing-coverts spotted like the breast, the tibial plumes and under 

 tail-coverts less spotted ; eye black. Total length 18 inches, cul- 

 men 1-7, wing 136, tail 5-8, tarsus 3-3. 



Young. Yerj- similar to the adult, but darker, especially on the 

 face, which is'duU rufous, the facial disk also dark brown on the 

 upper part ; the breast very distinctly spotted ; the down (remains 

 of which adhere) is of a greyish fulvous. 



Ilab. Southern Africa. 

 ft. Ad. St. South Africa. South-African Museum [P.]. 



Type of species. 

 h. Ad. st. South Africa. South-African Museum TP.]. 



r. i'ull. St. South Africa. South- African Museum [P.]. 



</ r. .'skeletons. South Africa. Zoological Society. 



