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tail-coverts with light spots. The smaller plumage on the wings with light rusty bands, 

 which are white on the exterior margin. The arm- and hand-wings banded on the 

 upper and inner side, on the under side with eight or nine bands. Tibiae and tarsi 

 rusty-yellowish. 



Dimens. — Head 56, bill from the gape 26 mm. 



Hab. New Ireland. 



Subgenus b. Spiloglaux. 



Diagn. — The first quill longer than the tenth, and the fifth distinctly emarginated on 

 the inner web. Wings with rather long wing-ends. Toes shorter than the tarsi. Bill 

 more curved, and not so much projected as in the other subgenera. 



All from Australia. 



4. Ieraglaux bubuk, Kp. 



Strix boobook, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xv. 



Noctua , Vig. 



Athene , Gould, Birds of Austr. t. 32. 



ocellata, Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. tab. 3. 2. 



Diajfre.— Head 55-58, wing 217-241, tail 140-150 mm. long. 



Descr. — Equals in size /. marnioratus, in colouring resembles /. connivens. Front, 

 a stripe over the eye and the throat white. Cheeks ash-grey, inclining to brown. The 

 superior parts ash- or reddish-brown, with uniform back, reddish-yellow shining through 

 the feathers. White spots on the wings more or less concealed. Inferior parts reddish- 

 yellow, with scarcely distinguishable dark shaft-spots, and round white spots on the 

 sides and belly. Inferior wing-coverts reddish-yellow, spotted oblongly with reddish- 

 brown. Interior of the wing-feathers with five clearer bands, of which the three upper- 

 most are white on the outer webs, and the two lowest are silver-grey, like the upper 

 surface of the wings. Tail above uniform, beneath with seven cross bands. Tarsi 

 white or reddish, with traces of dark spots. 



The smaller dimensions are taken from two examples in the Jardin des Plantes, 

 which are the types of Athene ocellata, from Oceania. 



5. Ieeaglaux maculatus, Kp. 



Noctua maculata, Vig. & Horsf. 



Athene maculata, Gould, Birds of Austr. torn. i. pi. 33. 



Diagn. — Tail blackish, with six whitish bands. Head 58, tail 120 mm. long. 



Descr. — Size of /. bubuk. Plumage dark brown, with white spots on the nape 

 of the neck, back and wings. The interior of the wing dark reddish, with white spots 

 and margins on the end of each feather, The inferior wing-coverts reddish-yellow, 



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