5ü STRIX INF.XSPECTATA. 



NOTE XVIII. 

 ON STRIX INEXSPECTATA. 



BY 



H. SCHLEGEL. 



Uec. 1878. 



Ornithologists will recollect that the northern part of the 

 isle of Celebes is inhabited by a species of Barn-owl , 

 which I described under the name of Strix Rosenbergii '). 



To judge from a very young specimen, sent from the 

 Philippines , tlie species is also found in this Archipelago. 

 I have before me eleven specimens of Strix Rosenbergii, 

 all killed in the districts of Menado and the Minahassa ^). 

 They present the following measures. Wing IP/^ to 12^4 

 inches; point of wing S^s to 41/3 inches; tail 5^/3 to 6 

 inches; tarse 32 to 36 lines; middle toe 19 lines. 



As to the distinctive characteristics of this species , I stated 

 that it resembles in general the common Barn-owl, from 

 which , however , it may easily be distinguished by its much 

 larger size, and the much darker tint of the upper parts. 

 1 stated moreover that the under parts are of a more rusty 

 colour, and that the face is of a greyish rusty brown; 



1) Observations zoologiques, I, in Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dier- 

 kunde, torn. 3, p. 181, and Museum des Pays-Bas, Oseaux dc jiroie, Revue, 

 Noctuae p. 16. 



2) A twelfth aper^imen was nost indicated as having been brought from 

 New-Guinea, but I do not think that the species has ever been found in this 

 locality. 



Notes Ironi the Leyclen ]Mu.f«eum. 



