2€ 



Steiges. 



Measurements of averaged-sized specimens from different localities. 



A. 1 9 ad. sk., Macquarie Fields, N.S.W., Sept., 1875. Pres. 



A. 2 ^ ad. sk., Port Denison, Queensland, 2nd Oct., 1862. Pres. 



A. 3 <? ad. mntd., New Soutii Wales. Col. 



B. 1 2 ad. mntd., New South Wales. Col. 

 B. 2 $ semi ad. sk., New South Wales Pres. 



9. Ninox rufa. 



The Ruftscait Powerful Owl. 



Athene rufa, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1846, p. 18 ; id. Bds. Anatr., fol. 



vol. i, pi. 36 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Ai\ tom. i, p. 43 (1850); 



Slrirkl. Oini. Sijn., p. 165 (1855) ; Sharpe, Index Gould's Worls, p. 



21 (1893). 



leraglaux rufa, Kaup). Confr. Orn., 1852, p. 109; id. Trans. Zool. 



Soc, vol. iv, p. 220(1862). 

 Rhabdoglaux rufus, Bonap., Rev. et May. de Zool., 1854, p. 544. 

 Hieracoglaux rufus, Gould, Hanbh. Bds. Austr., vol. i, p. 69, sp. 33, 

 (186.3J. 

 "Athene eufa. — AtJi. disco faciali sat urate fnsco ; omni 

 corpore, supra saturate fusco, infra arenaceo-rufo, multis autem 

 lineis rufofuscis transversim fasciatoy 



" Facial disc dark brown ; all the upper surface dark brown, 

 crossed by numerous narrow bars of reddish-brown, the tints 

 becoming paler and the barrings larger and more distinct on the 

 lower part of the body, wings, and tail ; all the under surface 

 sandy-red, crossed by numerous bars of reddish-brown ; the 

 feathers of the throat with a line of brown down the centre; 

 vent, legs and thighs of a paler tint, with the bars more numerous 

 but not so decided ; bill liorn colour ; toes yellowish, slightly 

 clothed with feathers. Total length 20 inches, bill 1'75, wing 

 13-5, tail 9-5, tarsi 2-25." 



"Halitat. Port Essington." 



'^'Remnrk. Very powerful, nearly allied to Athene stremca.^' * 



* Gould, Proo. Zool. Soc, 1846, p. IS. 



