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Strix castanops. Str. disco fasciali castaneo, ad marginėm satu- 

 ratiore, et nigro circumdato ; corpore suprtl alis cauddgue lietk 

 rufo-brunneis , plumis singulis fasciis latis saturate brunneis, dis- 

 pariter ornatis ; capite humerisque maculis sparsis minutis albis ; 

 corpore infril flavescenti-brunneo ; lateribus colli corporisque gut- 

 tis nigris sparsi ornatis ; femoribus tibiisque flavo-brunneis pedi- 

 bus flavescentibus ; rostro fiavo-fusco . 



Long. tot. 18 unc. ; rostri, 2į; alte, 15 ; caudte, 7 ; tarsi, 3į. 



Hab. In Terra Van Diemen. 



This is tte largest known species of the restricted genus Strix, of 

 which the common Barn Owl is a typical example. 



Strix Cyclops. Str. disco fasciali albo, venusti annulo saturate 

 brunneo, circumdato ; corpore supra albo ; dorso humerisąue pal- 

 lide stramineis, maculis brunneis et albis lentiginosis ; primariis, 

 fasciis alternis stramineis brunneisque ; pogoniis externis apici- 

 busque lineis brunneis rectis, frequentibus, et retortis ; caudd albd 

 fasciis brunneis ; interstitiis albis brunneo crebre guttatis, corpore 

 infrlJL albo, maculis brunneis ; femoribus tarsisque albis ; pedibus 

 flavo-fuscis ; rostro livido. 



Long. tot. 15 unc; rostri, If ; ala, llg^; caudee,5į; tarsi, 2^. 



Hab. In Nova Cambria Australi. 



This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus. 



Stbis delicatulus. Str. disco fasciali albo, margine stramined 

 circumdato ; corpore supra pallidi cano-fusco, flavo tincto, notis 

 nigricantibus et albidis intermixtis delicatulis frequentibusque 

 ornato ; alis pallidi f ulvis, fasciis lineisque rectis retortis , pallide 

 brunneis ; primariis ad apicem guttd albd notatis ; caudee rectri- 

 cibus quoad colorem remiges fingentibus at guttd apicali albd ob- 

 scuriore ; corpore infrd albo ; pectore lateribusque maculis brunnes- 

 centibus sparsi notatis ,• femoribus tibiisque albis ; pedibus flaves- 

 centibus rostro livido. 



Long. tot. 14 unc. ; rostri, 1|; ala, 11 ; cauda, 4 ; tarsi, 2į. 



Hab. In Nova Cambria Australi. 



This species in some respects very closely resembles the common 

 British Owl, St. flammea ; but it has a longer bill, and is considerably 

 smaller. 



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