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One youn^ female. Camp about five miles from the junction 

 of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. 



[These falcons are numerous all through Kimberley, especially 

 near water. They are known locally as the " Snake Hawk," 

 but the specimen shot had been feeding on grasshoppers. As it 

 is well known that these birds are generally found in rocky 

 country, it is probable that the homes of those noted will be 

 found in the Oscar, Leopold, and Barrier Ranges. 



No. 3. Strix delicatula (Delicate Owl). 



Strix delicatulus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1836), p. 140; id., 

 Bds. Austr., foL, vol. I. pi. 31 (1848); Sturt, Exped. Centr. 

 Austr., vol. II., App. p. 17 (1849). 



Strix delicatula (subsp.), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 II., page 297 (1875) ; North, Nests and Eggs, Austr. Bds., p. 24 

 (1889). 



Strix delicatula, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., ^ol. 11.^ 

 2nd series, p. 166 (1887). 



An immature male, obtained at the camp, about five miles 

 from the junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. 



[These beautiful birds were met with in the Mulga scrubs east of 

 Lake Way, where they presented a most grotesque appearance as 

 they gazed at the passing caravan. At the camel depot several 

 more were noted, and specimens obtained. These birds were all 

 perched amongst the foliage of the trees. Whilst shooting at 

 one of the creeks passed, Mr. C. F. Wells disturbed a pair from 

 the hollow spout of a eucalypt, and on another occasion, at the 

 Fitzroy River, I had sent a native to examine a hollow branch, 

 when another pair flew out, striking him in the face with their 

 wings as they escaped.] 



No. 4. NiNOX ocELLATA (Fawn-bellicd Owl). 



Cheveche ocellee, Hombr. and Jacq., Voy. Pole Sud, Atlas, pi. 

 3, fig. 2 (1843). 



Athene ocellata (Homb. et Jacq.) Jacq. et Pucher., Voy. Pole 

 Sud, tom. IIL, p. 51 (1853). 



Ninox ocellata (suhsp.), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. II., 

 p. 170(1875). 



One immature male. Camp about five miles from the 

 junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. This specimen has 

 the entire face snow-white, rendering the brown ear-coverts very 

 conspicuous, the head and hind neck more strongly washed with 

 ochraceous fawn, and the under parts slightly paler than adult 

 examples from Port Essington. Total 11 inches, wing 8.6, outer 

 tail-feathers 5, tarsus 1.45. 



