Museinn at the Jar din des Plantes, ^c. 257 



even the acumen of Dr. Pucheran [cf. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 

 1849, p. 20). I was delighted therefore to be able to deter- 

 mine it at once as the same as Ninox guteruhi (Miiller) — the 

 locality " Antilles " being evidently a mistake, as the species 

 really comes from Timor. The title of Miiller^s falls as a 

 synonym; and the species will stand as N.fusca (V.). This 

 specimen is the type of Strixfusca, Vieill., and Strix maugoii, 

 Temm. (PI. Col. 46). 



10. NiNOx VABiEGATA (Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de FAstr. Zool. 

 1. p. 166, pi. i. fig. 2). 



The types of this species show that it is closely allied to 

 N. squamipila of Ceram, but differs in having the ear-coverts 

 rufous brown, like the head, while the under surface is white, 

 broadly barred with orange-rufous, the bars being about equal 

 to the intervening interspaces ; the under wing-coverts exactly 

 resemble the breast. 



11. NiNOx HUMERALis (Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, 

 Zool. p. 53, pi. iv. fig. 1). 



This is a very fine species, of the same group as N. strenua 

 of Australia, but smaller and distinguished by its black ear- 

 coverts and orange under surface, which is regularly barred 

 with reddish brown. 



12. NiNox T^NiATA (Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. 

 p. 50, pi. iii. fig. 1). 



The type is said to have come from the Solomon Islands, and 

 is distinguished from all other members of the genus by its uni- 

 form cream-coloured under surface. I doubt, however, if the 

 specimen is really adult ; and if not, it will be necessary to see 

 the full-plumaged bird before determining its exact position. 

 The regularly barred upper surface, however, is sufiicient to 

 distinguish it from all others of the same size ; and I take it 

 to be quite a distinct species. 



Having now studied attentively the genera Carine, Ninox, 

 and Glaucidium, the characters for distinguishing which will 

 appear in my forthcoming volume of the ' Catalogue of Birds,' 

 I think it not unadvisable to give a detailed list of the species 



