216 DR. J. J. KAUP'S MONOGRAPH OF THE STRIGID^^E. 



the inner webs, and some of the outer webs. Breast and belly white, banded rather 

 broadly with brown. 



Descr. — Nearly the size of /. scutellatus, but with larger head and bill, shorter 

 wings and tail, and stronger tarsi and toes. Face, chin, and a stripe over the eye 

 dirty yellowish-white. Bristle-feathers on the cere very long, with black points. Head 

 and occiput brown, with small round white spots. Back uniform brown. The 

 small feathers on the wings and the arm-wings with larger, round, white spots. The 

 hand-wings with white spots next to the emarginations only, and with their ends 

 uniform reddish. Under tail-coverts whitish. The strong bristle-feathers of the tarsi 

 rusty-yellowish. Bill, nails, and toes yellowish. 



Dimens. — Bill from the cere 20, head 56, wing 190, tail 110, tarsus 29 mm. 



Description taken from the unique specimen in the Paris Museum. 



2. Ieraglaux Jacquinoti. 



Athene Jacquinoti, Homb. et Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, t. iii. 2. 



Diagn. — Chin white, with a reddish-brown black-banded collar. Belly yellowish- 

 white. 



Descr. — Size of /. superciliaris. Face and a stripe over the eye white. Bristle- 

 feathers over the nostrils white, with black shafts. Feathers of the cheeks and anterior 

 ear-coverts reddish, with black spots. Over the yellow eyes a small black stripe. The 

 crown of the head black ; each feather with two pairs of reddish spots. The back dark 

 brown ; each feather with three to four rusty-yellow bands, which very often do not 

 reach to the shaft. The wings dark brown ; on the outer web spotted with yellowish, 

 white spotted ; on the inner web spotted or banded with yellowish-white. The end 

 of the hand- wings uniform, with traces only of cross bands. The tail of the same 

 colour, with about six bands, clearer on the inner webs. Tarsi with traces of brown 

 spots. Bill yellow. Toes yellowish. Nails black. 



Dimens. — Head (c^) 56, bill from the gape 25, wing 188, tail 105, tarsus 41, bill from 

 the cere 18 mm. 



Hah. Oceania ; Salomon Islands. (Mus. Paris. Spec, unicum.) 



3. Ieraglaux variegatus, Kp. 



Athene variegata, G. R. Gray. 



Noctua variegata, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astr., Ois. t. 1.2. 



Diagn. — Wing 194-198, tail 114-120 mm. long. Tail with ten light narrow bands. 

 Breast and belly white, with three rusty-brownish bands on each feather. 



Descr. — Size of I. marmoratus, with stronger bill. The front, face, and chin whitish, 

 with black shafts on the lores. Concealed light spots on the greatest part of the grey- 

 ish-brown head-feathers. The under parts of the neck with two pairs of white spots 

 on each feather. The shoulder coverts with white bands. Back brownish. Upper 



