Strix. 



Hcih/taf.—lS^ew 8outli Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, 

 Tasmania. 



Measurements of average-sized specimens from different localities. 



A 1 <? ad. sk. 

 A 2 $ ad. sk. 



New South Wales. 

 Tasmania. 



Col. 

 Pres. 



3. Strix tenebricosa. 



The Sooty Owl. 



Stri.K tenebricosus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, (1845) p. SO; ul. BiU 

 Attstr., fol. vol. i, pi. 30 (1848); id. Handhk. Bds. Amtr., vol. 

 i, p. 65, sp. 30 (1865); MtilL, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1869), p. 279; 

 Sharpe, Index Goidd's Works, p. 317 (1893), 



Strix tenebricosa, Gray, Gen. Bds., vol. i, App. p. 3 (1849) ; Bonup. 

 Consp. Av., torn, i, p. 54 (1850) ; Strkkl. Orn. Syn., vol. i, p. 182 

 (1855); Schleg., Mus.P.-B. Strujes., p. 7 (1862); id. Mm. P.-B. 

 Bente. Aves Noctuie, -p. 17(1873); Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. ii, p. 306 (1875); id. Boidey, Orn. Miscl. (1870); Ramsay, 

 Proc. Lmn. Soc. X.S. W., vol, ii, p. 178 (1877) ; Salvad., Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. xii, p. 41 (1878) ; id. Orn. Pap. tt Molucc, 

 vol. i, p. 91 (1880) ; Rammy, Tab. List, p. 2 (1888) ; Broadh., 

 Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensld., vol. v, p. 16 (1889); Ramsay, Dept. 

 Arjri. N.S. W., Bull. No. 1, p. 240 (1890) ; Gnrney,jun., Cat. Bd-<. 

 Prey, p. 43 (1893). 



Strix (Megastrix) tenebricosa, Kaup, Contr. Orn. (1852), p. 120 ; 

 Bonap., Rev. tt Mag. de Zoo'. (1854), p. 540; Kaup, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc, vol. iv, p. 249 (1802). 



Megastrix tenebricosa. Gray, Hand-l. Bds., vol. i, p. 53 (1869). 



All the upper surface dark smoky blackish-brown, all the 

 feathers with a small white dot near the tip, on the scapulars and 

 wdng-coverts are remains of vermicular white cross lines, ])rimaries 

 sootj'-brown, the basal portion of the inner webs vermiculated 

 with white, inner webs of secondaries white at the base, vermi- 

 culated with brown on their mesial portion, in some specimens 

 showing the remains of six blackish-brown cross-bars ; facial disc 

 smoky-brown round the ears and the lower part of the frill 

 whitish, all the feathers widely tipped with blackish-brown, a 

 blackish spot in front of the eye ; under wing and tail-coverts 

 ashy-white at the base, the ends of the feathers sooty-black 



