— 3 — 



12.* Circus approximans. 



Circus approximans I'cah, U. S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 64 pi. 18; Hartl. Wiegiii. Arch. 1852, 95: J. 

 f. 0. 1854, 168; Finsch. Tr. N. Z. Inst. VII, 226; La;/. Ibis 1878, 268. — Circus assimilis F. ct H. (neoGld.) 

 Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 7; iid. J. f. O. 1870, 244; La;/. P. Z. S. 1875, 424; id. Ibis 1876, 391; id. P. Z. S. 

 1876, 500. — Circus gouldi part. Sharpe Cat. B. 1874 I, 72; Gumc,/. Ibis 1875, 225; Bulkr, B. N. Zeal. 

 1888 I, 207. — Circus approximans? Gumcy, Ibis 1876, 884. — ,,Dhakumbe", Viti Levu (Kleinschm.). 



Fiji Is., throughout the (Pealc. Lay. etc. . — WaUis Id. or- ZTea (Br. Mu.i.\ — ? Tonga 

 Is. (Lay.). 



13. Circus wolfl. 



Circus assimilis Ven-. et Dcs M. (nee Kai/jj). Rev. Zool. 1860, 387; Jouan Mem. Soc. S. N. Chcrb. 

 1863 IX, 211; F.etB. Urn. Centralpol. 1867, 7; JIane, Actes Soc. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; Ibis 1877,361. - 

 Circus jardinii Jouan. Mem. Soc. S. N. Clierb. 18G3 IX, 210. — Circus wolfi Guniey, P. Z. S. 1865, 823 pi. 

 34; Ibis 1873, 221; 1875, 225; Jla>„say Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. 1879 III, 336; Oast. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1879, 

 July; Sahad. Orn. Pap. 1880 I, 71; Lay. Ibis 1882, 500, 543; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 58. — ..Circus 

 maillardi Ten-." Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVIl; Ibis 1877, 361. — Circus gouldi pt. >SAa>pc Cat. B. 



1874 I, 72. — Circus wolfi Sharpe 1. c. (note). — Circus sp.? SchmeUz Verh. Ver. Hanib. 1877 (1879), 75. — 

 „M'ba-uri", New Caledonia (Jouan). 



Keif Caledonia (Verr., Lay.}. — JVeir Hebrides: Erromango (Ramsay). Api?. Yate (Lay.). 

 Also Lord Howe's Island. 



14.* Scops podargina. 



Noctua podargina Hartl. ef Finsch, P. Z. S. 1872, 90; iid. Journ. Mus. Godef. 1875 YIII, 4, 8 pi. I; 

 SchmeUz Ethn. Ablh. M. G. 407. — Ninox podargina Sharpe Cat. B. 1875 II, 151 note. — Scops podargina 

 id. t. c. Add. 313; Nehrkom, J. f. U. 1879, 394. — ..Kossuk'- (Kubary). 



refeic Is. (H. et F). 



15. Asio accipitrinus. 



Strix accipitrinus Pall. Reise Russ. 1771 I, 455. — Strix brachyotus Forsf. Phil. Trans. 1772 

 LXII, 384. — Otus brachyotus Steph. Gen. Zool. XIII pt. 2, 57; Peak U. S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 75; Hartl. 

 Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 97; id. J. f. O. 1854, 167; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 1859, 3; Sd. Ibis 1871, 358; Finsch. 

 Journ. M. G. 1876 XII, 18; id. P. Z. S. 1877, 778; id. Ibis 1880, 78; id. J. f. 0. 1880, 283; id. Mitth. 

 Orn. Ver. Wien 1884, 120. — Strix sandvicensis Bloxam, Voy. Blonde 1826, 250. — Brachyotus gala- 

 pagoensis did. P. Z. S. 1837, 10; Cass. V. S. Expl. Exp. 1858, 1U7; Dole Pr. Boston Soc. N. H. 1869 XII. 

 Asio sandvicensis Blyth. Ibis 1863, 27. — Asio accipitrinus Newton Yarr. Br. B. 1871 I, 163; .S'/ia/yfc Cat. B. 



1875 II, 234; Styneger, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1877 X, 85. — Asio brachyotus Finsch, Ibis 1881, 113. — 

 .,Lugoe", Ponape (Finsch). 



3Iarianne Is. (Hartl.). — Caroline Is. : Ponape (Finsch;. — Almost cosmopolitan. 



16. Strix flammea lulu. 



Strix delicatula (Gld.J. Gray, B. Trop. Is. 1859, 3; Verr. ct Les M. Rev. Zool. 1860, 387; 

 ib. 1862, 132; F. et H. Orn. Centralpol. 1869, 11; iid. P. Z. S. 1869, 544; Griiffe, J. f. 0. 1870, 402; 

 F.etH. t. c. 122; Marie. Actes Soc. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; Sd. Ibis 1871, 859; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1872, 30; 

 Whitmee, Ibis 1875, 436; Lay. ib. 1876, 144, 391; 'Iristr. ib. 1876, 260; Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 490; Fmsch, P. 

 Z. S. 1877. 771, 782; Marie, Ibis 1877, 362; Lay. ib. 1878, 268; Schmeltz, Verh. Ver. Hamb. (1877) 1879,75; 

 Lay. Ibis 1880, 222; Salvad. Orn. Pap. 1880, 92; Lay. Ibis 1882, 501, 543. - Strix bakkamantt Forst. 

 Descr. An. 1844, 157; North. Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. (2) 1887 II, 441. - Strix lulu Pcah, U. S. Expl. Exp. 

 1848, 74, pi. 21. — Strix forsteri (Bp.) Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 130. — Athene forsterii Gray, B. 

 Trop. Is. 1859, 2. — Strix flammea (L.) Sd. Ibis 1871, 358; SM. Mus. P. B. Av. Noct. 1873, 15; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. 1875 II, 291; id. Rowley's Orn. Misc. I, 269 : var. lulu Tristr. Cat, Coll. B. 18S9, 68. — ,.Lulu". Tonga Is., 

 Samoan Is., Eua etNiuafou (Peak etc.}. — „Nalithmof ', New Hebrides (Tristr.). — „Mea", Mare; ..Mene", Lifu (Lay). 



