24 Mr. Alfred R. Wallace on the 



Total length 12 in,, wing 8*75 in., tail 5 in. Bill whitish 

 horn-colour ; iris yellow ; feet white. 



Allied to A. squamipila, Bp., but the feet are more slender, 

 and the other proportions (as well as the colours) differ. 



16. Athene variegata (Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, 

 Ois. pi. i. fig. 2) ; Athene variegata, Bp., Consp. Av. i. p. 41 ; le- 

 raglaux variegatus, Kaup, Trans. Zool. Soc. iv. p. 216. 



Hab. New Ireland. 



17. Athene jacquinoti, Hombron, Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. 

 pi. iii. fig. 1; leraglaux jacquinoti, Kaup, Trans. Zool. Soc. iv. 

 p. 216. 



Hab. Solomon Island {Mus. Par.). 



18. Athene humeralis, Hombron & Jacquinot, Voy. au 

 Pole Sud, Ois. pi. iv. fig. 1 ; leraglau xhumeralis, Kaup, Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. iv. p. 221. 



Hab. New Guinea ? 



19. Athene theomacha (Bp., Comptes Rendus, torn. xli. 

 p. 654). 



Hab. Triton Bay, New Guinea. 



Ephialtes, Keys. & Bl. 



a. Wing rounded, 4th and 5th quills longest, the point of the 



wing very short. 



1. Ephialtes lempiji (Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 

 140) ; Strix noctula, Beinw. ; PI. Col. 99 ; Scops noctula, Schleg., 

 Mus. P.-B. Oti, p. 24. 



Hab. Malacca, Sumatra {Wall.); Java, Borneo {Mus. Lugd.). 



2. Ephialtes mantis (Bp., Consp. Av. i. p. 47) ; Strix ru- 

 fescens, Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 140 ? 



Hab. Malay Peninsula (/^Fo//.); Sumatra, Borneo {Mus. Lugd.); 

 Java {Horsfield)'^ 



Horsfield^s description is not recognizable as applied to this 

 species, which is nevertheless very distinct. 



b. Wing more pointed, 3rd and 4th quills longest, point of 

 the wing much longer. 



3. Ephialtes magicus (Bp., Consp. Av. i. p. 46). 

 Hab. Ceram {Wall.); Amboyna {Mus. Lugd.). 

 Iris yellow; bill dusky; feet pale. 



