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Pt. femora J is. — Femoro-criiral band terminating below tbe knee-joint. 

 Rhamphotheca. — Cere somewhat longer antero-postei'ioi-ly than in S. leucotis, and with 

 a slight lateral swelling. 



Podotheca. — Acropodium covered Avith small round scales. 



TJropygium napil'orm, with a long tubular extremity resembling that of Qarine. 



NiNOX NOV^-ZEALANDI^, Gm.* 



Pteryla ccqntis : — 



L o r e a 1 area ill defined. 

 C i r c u m a u r al area : — 



Postaural fol d. — The feathers along the free edges of this fold seated in a double 

 row, the massed bases of which form a " rim." 



Interramal area suddenly contracting in the region of the gape, to pass back- 

 wards into the p)t- coll. ventralis. 



Apt. colli laterale terminating at the base of the postaural fold. 



Pt. colli dorsal/s with a distinct vertical membranous fold; lateral folds very small. 



Pt. spinalis. — Branches of the interscapular fork arising in the middle of the inter- 

 scapular region, short, terminating at the end of the scapula. 



Branches of the lumbar fork arising over the anterior ends of the ilium, not widely 

 divergent, but received between the branches of the interscapular fork. The stem is 

 forked posteriorly, but the branches are not sufficiently wide apart to embrace the 

 oil-gland. 



Pt.femoraUs. — Femoro-crural band extending on to the ceres and turning upward to 

 terminate at the femoro-tibial articultition. 



Pt. cruralis. — Acrotarsium thickly feathered ; acropodium covered with warty pro- 

 tuberances bearing degenerate feathers, the shafts only of which remain. Filoplumes 

 absent. Base of the ungual phalanx clothed with three scales. 



Jlhaniphotheca. — Cere laterally inflated, resembling that of Scops. 



Podotheca. — Claws short and blunt. Tylari of Digit II. large. 



Vropycjlum napiform, with conical tendency. 



ScELOGLAUX ALBIFACIES, Gray t. 



Pt. capitis : — 



Loreal area not extending upwards above the eye. 



Interramal area broad, expanding to merge with the ramal area at the gape. 



Cir cum aural area. — Preaural and postaural folds with a rim; no "notch" in 

 the rim of the postaural fold. 



Apt. colli laterale terminating on circumaural fold, not extending on to the head. 

 ? No parietal apterium. A large apterium above upper eyelid, as in other Owls. 



* This description is taken from a plucked specimen. 



t Examined frum a skin kindly lent by Prof. A. Newton, from tbe Cambridge University Museum. 



