710 Mr. T. Carter on some [Ibis, 



Spiloglaux novseseelandise mixta. 



The Pallid Boobook-Owl occurs southwards to the 

 Gascoyne River, wliere I obtained specimens on different, 

 trips, all of them being much paler than the south-west 

 subspecies ocellata and easily distiuguished from it. These 

 birds fly far and strongly in bright sunlight. 



Spiloglaux novaeseelandiaB ocellata. 



Western Boobook-Owls were occasionally seen in the 

 south-west area. 



Tyto alba delicatula. 



Only one Barn-Owl was seen, which was flushed from the 

 shade of a large white-gum tree at the Gascoyne River on 

 13 August, 1911. It flew a considerable distance in strong 

 sunlight, and could not be again sighted. 



Tyto novseliollandiae perplexa. 



While staying with a fi-iend in Busselton in Febiuary 

 1916, I noticed the wings of u Western Chesnut-faced Owl 

 on the wall of a room, and enquired their history. I was 

 told that some time previously several of the domestic fowls 

 had been killed from their perches out in the open behind 

 the house, close to which the bush timber grows. A watch 

 was kept, and the above Owl was shot in the act of seizing a 

 fowl. When I was travelling from the Margaret River to 

 Augusta on 10 March, 1916, by motor mail between 9 and 

 10. oO P.M., several miles of the Karri Forest were burning on 

 each side of the road and i-ight up to it. Many large Owls 

 were observed, flitting about the road ahead of the car, and 

 souietimes over it, within a few feet of us. 1 hey were white 

 on the body, and in all probability they were of this sub- 

 species ; tliey were catching small animals that had sought 

 shelter on the road from the fire. I distinctly saw omi Owl 

 alight on the ground a few yards ahead of us seize something 

 and then fly away with it. Unfortunately, my gun was in 

 its case at the bottom of the car, beneath the mails and 

 other cargo, and the maiUnan was two hours behind time. 

 He told me that he frequently saw Owls when travelling 



