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strong, are attached to the second bronchial semiring (the 

 last of the ossified rings) . 



The tensores patagii muscles are so far unlike those of Strix 

 that there is no fibrous band uniting the extremity of the 

 tendon of the /. p. brevis with the tendon of the t.p. longus. 

 As I have already pointed out *, at least two species of Strix 

 agree in possessing this fibrous band, which is probably 

 characteristic of the genus. 



Fiar. 5. 



Caeca of Photodilus badius. Twice the nat. size. 



The foregoing description of the anatomy of Photodilus 

 badius tends to support the conclusion that this Owl cannot 

 be referred to the Strigine section, but that it must be in- 

 cluded among the Bubonine genera. Among the latter 

 Syrnium appears to be the form to which it is most closely 

 * 'Ibis,' 1888, p. 341. 



