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much of which affords, here and there, other suggestive char- 
acters. Nevertheless it is very plain to be seen, from all this, 
that at the present writing it cannot be predicted with safety 
what are the nearest affines of this Owl as indicated by a com- 
plete knowledge of strigidine morphology ; but the writer feels 
that he has the right to hope that the present outline, with the 
salient features in the anatomy of this unique owl, presented as 
they here are, may assist to some extent the solving such 
problems. 
