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IT am somewhat inclined to believe that a second species of 
this exists, which I named G. immacu/atus, owing to the almost 
total absence of spots on the upper surface, but my only speci- 
men has not yet been returned by Mons. Verreaux to whom I 
sent it, and it way be only the young of the present species. 
Capt. Hutton I may mention, thinks also that there is deci- 
dedly a second species, the one being very much more spotted 
than the other. 
No. 81. Ninox Scutellatus.* Rarrt. 
Ture Brown Hawk Own. 
Comparatively common as this Owl doubtless is in some 
localities, I have been unable to find any record of its nidifica- 
tion. 
* Ninox ScurreLLatvs. 
Dimensions. (Z have measured no specimens of this in the flesh, the 
following are from Mr. F. R. Blewitt.) 
Female. Length, 11 to 12:1 inches. Expanse, 27 to 29. Wing, 8°6 to 
925. Tail, 5°1 to 5°4. Mid toe to ae of claw, 12 to 1°25 ; its claw, straight, 
0°52 to 0°55 ; hind toe, 0°6 to 0°72; its claw, O44 to 0°47 ; inner toe, O'8 to 
1-0; its claw, 0°55 to O'61. Bill straight, from edge of cere to point, 0°5 to 
0: 56; from gape, 0°9 to 1:00; width at g gape, 0'8 to 0: 9; height at front, at 
margin of cere, 0°3; length ae cere on conti 0°32 to 0: 36: ; closed wings 
oe to, from Within 1 of, to, end of tail. Lower tail coverts fall short of End 
of tail, by from 1°82 to 2°25. The 4th primary is the longest. The Ist is 
from 9 to 2°2, the 2nd from 0°68 to 0°82, and the 3rd, 0°05 to 0°16 shorter. 
Exterior tail feathers, 0°15 to 0'4 shorter than central ones. 
Description. Legs and feet yellow to reddish yellow, in some specimens, 
probably young birds, greenish grey, Jrides bright yellow. Bi//, blackish ; 
the ridge ofthe culmen, pale horny yellow. Cere, greenish; im oue specimen 
tinged with yellow. 
Plumage. Uores, forehead, and chin, white; the elongated bristle-like 
shafts of some of the feathers blackish. Ear coverts, brown, ashy at the 
base. Top of the head, back and sides of the neck, ashy brown. Throat 
and front of the neck, slightly more rufous brown, streaked with fulvous. 
In some specimens, the fulvous greatly predominates, and these parts may 
then be said to be light fulvous streaked with greyish brown, Back, scapu- 
lars, lesser and median, and greater secondary wing coverts, tertiaries, and 
most of the secondaries, rump and upper tail coverts, brown, varying much 
in shade in different individuals. Some being a greyer and more dove 
brown, others more rufous, but alw: ays more aan on the coverts, and 
generally palest or clearest on the tertiaries. The exterior scapulars with 
larger or smaller, pure white bars, sometimes on both, and sometimes upon 
one web only. Tn some specimens conspicueus even when the bird is at 
rest, in others only visible by lifting the feathers. The tertiaries are barred 
on both webs with white; the tail is pale grey, greyish brown, or pale brown, 
