STRIGIDJE. 91 



13. ATHENE STRENUA. The powerful Owl. 



Athene? strenua Gould, Proc. Zool Soc. (1837) p. 142. ; Syn. B. 

 of Austr. pt. iii. pi. . f. 2. 

 Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



a. Australia. Presented by Lady Carrington. 



14. ATHENE WOODFORDII. The large-eyed Owl. 



Athene Woodfordii A. Smith, HI. S. Afr. Zool. pi. 71. 



Noctua Woodfordii A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. (1834) p. . 



a. South Africa. From the South African Museum. 



b. South Africa. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



c. South Africa. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 



d. Western Africa. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 



e. South Africa. From Dr. Smith's Collection. 



15. ATHENE CAPENSIS. The Cape Owlet. 



Athene capensis A. Smith, III S. Afr. Zool. pi. 33. 

 Noctua capensis A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. (1834) p. 



a. South Africa. From the South African Museum. 



16. ATHENE PERLATA. The pearl Owl. 



Athene perlata G. R. Gray, List of Birds, Brit. Mus. i. p. 51. 

 Strix perlata Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vii. p. 26. 

 Nyctipetes perlatus Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 218. 

 Strix occipitalis Temm. pi. col. 34. 

 Noctua occipitalis Guv. Reg. An. (1829) i. p. 346. 

 Levaill. Ois. d>Afr. t. 284. 



a. South Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



b. South Africa. From the South African Museum. 



c. Western Africa. Presented by Major Ricketts. 



d. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 



17. ATHENE NANA. The dwarf Owl. 



Athene nana G. R. Gray, List of Birds, Brit. Mus. i. p. 51. 

 Strix nana Vigors, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 426. 

 Glaucidium nanum Boie, Isis, (1826) p. 976. 

 G. R. Gray and Mitch. Gen. of B. pi. 12. 



a. Straits of Magellan. Presented by the Admiralty. 



b. South America 



