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Mr, F. E. Beddard on the 



and in all other genera of Owls which I have had the 

 opportunity of studying, the same processes are thin, leaf- 

 like expansions*, as they are in the Accipitres Diurnse. 

 With regard to the other points of difference in the skull, 

 I must refer the reader to Prof. Milne-Edwards's memoir; 

 the principal points are indicated in the table on p. 31-0 of 

 this paper. 



FiK. 3. 



Right foot of Sti-ijjlammca (nat. size). 



2. Sternum. The characters of the sternum and of the 

 other parts of the skeleton have been so fully described by 



* I am disposed to tliiuk, from the ilhistratioiis of Ildiodllus given by 

 Milue-Edwards ('llistoire Phys. Nat. et Polit. de Madagascar, Oiseaux,' 

 Atlas i. pi. 36c. fig. 1), that tlie ethmoid processes of tliis Owl resemble 

 those of Buho rather than those of Strix. 



