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New Zealand, where it is noted for a cry much resem- 
bling the words “ more pork,” a demand which is said 
to have greatly scandalized a military officer newly 
arrived from England, who first heard it when inspect- 
ing his troops on parade, and who was slow to believe 
that the illtimed request proceeded only from a 
feathered biped on an adjacent tree. 
The succeeding genera, /eraglaux, Vinox, and Scelo- 
glaux, contain various Owls, which are natives of 
Australia, South Eastern Asia, and many islands of 
the surrounding ocean, which may be briefly defined 
as comprised in an irregular triangle, having at its 
several angles respectively the islands of Japan, Mada- 
gascar, and New Zealand. The Owls of these three 
genera are more or less remarkable for the compara- 
tively small size and contracted appearance of the 
facial disk, giving to many of them an appearance 
somewhat resembling that of the diurnal birds of 
prey. One rare species of this group (Sceloglaux 
albifacies of New Zealand), which is the only species 
in the genus Sceloglaux, was figured by Mr. Gould in 
the supplement to his magnificent work on the Birds 
of Australia, from a specimen now preserved in the 
Norwich Museum. 
Only one group more now remains to be mentioned 
in concluding our somewhat lengthy notice of the 
birds of prey. This comprises the genera Scelostrix, 
Strix, and Phodilus, and its best known representative 
species is the familiar Strix fammea, the Barn Owl of 
