NiNOX. 



I'd 



towards the base and forming: there a white cross band, on the 

 flanks the spots or blotches frequently form two distinct cross- 

 bars ; thighs and legs tawny, inclining to rufous ; under tail- 

 coverts fulvous white, with a lanceolate shaft line and tip of 

 chocolate-brown, under wing-coverts tawny, the outer series and 

 the axilliaries barred irregularly with white, bill black, the 

 culmen and tip horn colour ; feet blackish-brown, the bristles 

 almost white. 



Remarks. In some aged individuals the spots upon the 

 crown of the head disappear, and the white markings on the 

 feathers of the hind neck are less distinct, or replaced with 

 fulvous, and there is also a larger amount of white surrounding 

 the bill and on the forehead. 



Ilahitat. Wide Bay District, New South Wales, Victoria and 

 South Australia, Tasmania. 



Measurements of average-sized specimens from different localities. 



A 1 2 ad. sk. Tasmania. Col. 



A 2 2 ad. sk. New South Wales. Col. 



A 3 <? ad. sk. Caught off Gabo Island, N.S. W., April, 1885. Pres. 



A 4 2 ad. sk. Launceston, Tasmania, October, 1878. Pur. 



A5 ^ ad.sk. Petersham, N. 8. W. Pres. 



A 6 ^ ad. sk. North Sliore, Sydney, October, 1886. Pres. 



5. Ninox connivens. 



Tlce Winking Oid. 

 Winking Falcon, Lath. Gtn. Syn., suppl. ii, p. 53. 

 Falco connivens. Lath. lucl. Orn., suppl. ii, p. 12 (1801). 

 Buteo connivens, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hi'it., tom. iv, p. 481 (1818). 

 Noctua frontata. Less. TraiU cVOrn., p. 106 (1831) ; Pucheran, Rev. 



et Matj. de ZooL, 1849, p. 21. 

 Athene fortis, GouJd. Proc. ZooL So.:, 1S37, p. 141 ; i<l. Syn. Bds. 



Austr., pt. iii (1839). 



