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6. Glaucidium perlatum, Kp. 



Athene perlata, G. R. Gray. 



Nyctipethes perlatiis, Sw. CI. ii. p. 218. 



Scotophiltis perlatus, Sw. West Afr. Birds, p. 130. 



Strix perlata, Vieill. N. D. d'H. Nat. vii. p. 26; Encycl. Meth. p. 1290. 



occipitalis, Temm. Col. 34. 



Diagn. — Size of Surnia passerina. Wings 108, tail 78 mm. in length. Lorum, 

 stripe over and under the eye, ear-coverts, chin and throat white ; end of the lorum- 

 feathers black. Head reddish, with white, black-margined spots, three on each feather. 

 Back down to the tail-coverts with white, black-margined, but mostly concealed spots. 

 Shoulder-coverts similarly spotted, but bordered on the outer webs with larger, white, 

 black-margined spots. Small feathers of the wing with white dots edged with black, 

 which on the arm-coverts form a long stripe. Thumb-feather with two round white 

 and rusty-yellow spots, and a-white margin near the end. Arm and hand wing-feathers 

 rufous-grey or dark brown, with reddish, black-margined spots. Inner wings with 

 broader and more rufous yellow cross bands. Tail blackish, at the base white, with 

 seven pairs of white, black-margined spots, not reaching to the shaft. Breast spotted 

 with rufous. Sides and belly with rufous and black shaft-stripes. Tibiae and a part of 

 the tarsi white, spotted with rufous-black. Tarsi thickly feathered, with a black stripe 

 on the outer side. 



Dimens. — Head 42 mm. Diameter of the eye 10 mm. Bill from the gape 17J mm. 



Hah. The whole of Africa. 



7. Glaucidium licua, Kp. 



Athene licua, Bp. Consp. p. 37. 

 Strix licua, Licht. 



Diagn. — Very near to Gl. perlatum, but with darker colouring, and more brownish 

 on the upper parts. The white spots on the head and neck broader. The shaft-stripes 

 on the sides and belly broader and blackish. The tail with five to six pairs of white 

 spots not reaching to the shaft. Tarsi white, with black spots. Eye not so large as in 

 G. perlatum. The male is smaller, and has on the under parts broader stripes, and 

 only five pairs of spots on the tail. 



Dme«s.— Head 39-41 mm. Wing 100-1 02 ram. Tail 68-70 mm. 



Hab. Caffreland. 



Subgenus e. Tanioptynx. 



Diagn. — Nostrils in the middle of the pea-shaped cera. Wings shorter ; wing- 

 feathers with the inner webs smaller, and emarginated more towards the quill ; fourth 

 and fifth wing-feathers of the same length. The whole plumage banded more frequently 

 and distinctly. It represents the subgenus Tcenioglaux of the genus Athene. We only 

 know of one species, from India. 



