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Siibfam. ATHENINJ:. 

 Genus Surnia, Dumeril. 



152. S. tiLULA (Gould's B. E. pi. 45). 



Syn. Sti-ix ulula, Lin. 



(S. hudsonica, Gmelin. 



S.funerea apud Gmelin. 



tS. doliata, Pallas. 



S. canadensis et S. freti Hudsonis, Brisson. 



(S. nisoria, Meyer. 



S. arctica, Sparrman. 



Su7'?iia borealis, Lesson. 

 Hab. Northern regions of the Old and New World. 



A. Norwegian specimen, from the Royal University of 



Christiania (1844). 



153. S. FUNEREA (Gould's B. E. pi. 49). 



Syn. Strix funerea, L. 



Str. Tengmalmi, Gmelm. 

 S. dast/pus, Bechstein. 

 Hab. Northern regions of the Old World. 



A. B. C. Three Scandinavian specimens ; one presented 

 by the Royal University of Christiania (1844) ; another 

 by H. E. Strickland, Esq. (1847) ; and the third by M. 

 Alfred Malherbe (1848). 



Genus Ninox, Hodgson. 



154. N. boobook, (Gould's B. A. Vol. I, pi. 32). 



Syn. Strix boobook, Latham. 

 Hab. Australia. 



A. Specimen from the Sydney Institution (1845). 



155. N. scuTULATUs {PL Col. 289). 



Syn. Strix scutulata. Raffles. 

 Str. hirsuta, Temminck. 

 S. lugubris. Tick ell. 

 Ninox nipalensis, Hodgson. 

 Athene malayensis, Eyton. 



Kdl Puncha, Beng. : Choghud Besrah, H. (Jerdon): 

 Kheng-boop, Arracan : Raja Wali, Malayan. 

 Hab. India generally ; Tenasserim provinces ; Malayan penin- 

 sula ; Sumatra : not rare in Lower Bengal. Madagascar (Dr. A. Smith, 

 Afr. Zool. p. 163). 



A. Specimen from near Calcutta (1843). 



Genus Athene, Boie. 



156. Ath. cucuLoiDES (Gould's 'Century,' pi. 4). 



Syn. Noctua cuculoides. Vigors. 

 N. auribarbis, Hodgson. 

 D'zee-gwet, Arracan. 



