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England : and the cuckoo, as they call this bird, singing by 

 night, is one of the instances which they point out. The iricles 

 are yellow," In his references to one of the specimens in the 

 collection, a young male, Mr. Caley notices some variation in 

 the colour of the iricles. 



2. Mac u LATA. N. superne brunnea, maculis rotundis albisnotata, 

 ahdomine ferrugineo-hrunneo, maculis grandioribus ; digitis 

 pilosis. 



Capitis frons albo parce variegata; occiput, nucha, pectusque 

 maculis albis parvis confertis notatae. Dorsum, scapulares, 

 iectricesque maculis paul6 grandioribus rotundis albis parce 

 instructs. Abdomen ferrugineo-brunneum maculis gran- 

 dibus albis. Remiges fusco-brunneae ferrugineo-fusco fas- 

 ciatae, fasciis pogonii interni ad basin albidis ; prima? ad 

 quintam inclusam pogoniis externis plus minùsve albido 

 maculatis : subtus pallidiores, fasciis basalibus albidis, api- 

 calibus pallidè fuscis notata?. Rectrices cineraceo-brun- 

 neae pallido-fusco fasciatœ, fasciis pogonii interni prope 

 basin albescentibus ; primœ pogonio externo maculis albidis 

 marginato : subtus pallidiores. Longitudo corporis, 11; 

 rostri, -,-V î f'^<^^ ^ carpo ad remigem tertiam, 8 ; caudœ, 5 ; 

 tarsi, li. 



This bird much resembles the last species. Having however 

 seen several specimens of it in fine preservation, we are at pre- 

 sent inclined to consider it distinct. The chief points on which 

 we ground this opinion are, that the latter bird is much smaller 

 than N. Boobook, the colour is less ferruginous, and the Avhite 

 spots are much more frequent, and distinctly marked. The 

 fascice on the tail-feathers also in our bird are more conspi- 

 cuous. 



Genus. 



