22 Mr. Alfred R. Wallace on the 



Family STRIGID^. 



Athene, Boie. 

 a. Tarsi stout, feathered to the toes. 



1. Athene punctulata (Qvioy & Gaim., Voy. Astrolabe, Ois. 

 pi. i. fig. 1); A.punctulata,Bp., Consp. Av. i. p. 41 ; Noctua punc- 

 tulata, Schleg'., Mus. P.-B. Striges, p. 29. 



Hub. Celebes, Macassar {Wall.); Menado {Mus, Lugd.). 



2. Athene guteruhi (Miiller, Verb. Nederl. Eth. p. 79) ; 

 Athene guteruhi Bp.,Consp. Av. i. p. 41; Noctua guteruhi, Schleg., 

 Mus. P.-B. Striges, p. 26. 



Hab. Timor {Wall). 



Iris and feet yellow ; cere dull yellow ; bill blue lead-colour ; 

 upper mandible black at the gape. 



3. Athene scutellata (Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 

 280); Strix hirsuta, Temm., PI. Col. 289; Athene malaccensis, 

 Eyton, Ann. & Mag.N. H. xvi. (1845), p. 228; Noctua hirsuta, 

 Schleg., Mus. P.-B. Striges, p. 25. 



Hab. Malacca {Wall). 



This seems rather smaller than the Indian race ; and the white 

 spots of the scapulars, said by Schlegel to be " large " in Indian 

 specimens, are entirely absent in my specimen, which may be 

 distinct. 



4. Athene borneensis, Bp., Consp. Av. i. p. 41 ; Noctua 

 hirsuta borneoensis, Schleg., Mus. P.-B. Striges, p. 25. 



Hab. Borneo {Wall.). 



My specimen has only four bands on the tail, and the termi- 

 nal one is nearer the end than in the Malacca specimen. The 

 white spots on the scapulars are also very distinct. 



5. Athene philtppensis (Schleg., Mus. P.-B. Striges, p. 26). 

 Hab. Phihppine Islands {Mus. Lugd.). 



6. Athene kufostrigata, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 344. 

 Hab. East Gilolo {Wall). 



Total length 16-5 iu.; wing 11'25 in.; tail 6'5 in.; tarsus 

 2 in.; middle toe 1*5 in, its claw '575, inner claw 1 inch. 



Nearly allied to A. connivens of Australia, but darker, and 

 with more powerful feet and claws. 



