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Proc. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 308), we know of three specimens 

 from the south of New Guinea of this rare bird, which is 

 scattered over a very extensive area. 



AsTUR sHARPEi, Ramsaj, I. c. pp. 173, 248. 



I do not think that this species will stand. In my ' Pro- 

 dromus Ornithologise Papuanse et Moluccarum/ pt. v. 

 Accijjitres, p. 38, sp. 28 (note), which Mr. Ramsay seems to 

 have overlooked, I have stated that, having compared, the 

 specimens from the south of New Guinea assigned by me to 

 UrosjJizias torquatus (Temm.) with the typical specimen from 

 Timor, and with the type specimen of Nisus ausiralis, Less.j 

 from Australia {Peron) , I found them to agree in every re- 

 spect. I think also that Astur cruentus, Gould., is the same ; 

 at least the figure in the ' Birds of Australia ' (vol. i. pi. 18) 

 does not show any difference. 



Striges. 

 Mr. Ramsay mentions four species of this group, two of 

 which he describes as new. 



NiNox DiMORPHA, Salvad. ; Ramsay, Lc. p. 248. 



To this species, of which the typical specimen is still 

 unique, Mr. Ramsay assigns a fledgeling ; it would be im- 

 portant to compare it with the adult described by me. 



Mr. Ramsay takes the opportunity to mention that his 

 Ninox nov(B-britanni(B is not the same as N. odiosa, Sclat. ; 

 and I think that he is right ; but I question whether it is 

 not the same as N. variegata. The difference mentioned by 

 Mr. Ramsay, in the front, face, and chin being not whitish in 

 N. nova-britannice, does not seem to me conclusive, as in the 

 typical specimen of N. variegata, examined by me, those parts 

 are also not exactly whitish : the lores, the forehead, and the 

 chin are whitish ; but the face is rufous, growing paler towards 

 the anterior part. 



NiNox ALBOMACTJLATA, Ramsay, sp. nov., /. c. p. 249. 

 The description of this bird agrees with that of Ninox 

 assimilis, Salvad. et D^Alb. 



