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Strix castanops. Str. disco fasciali castaneo, ad marginem satU' 

 ratiore, et nigra circumdato ; corpore supra alls cauddque Iceti 

 rufo-brunneis, plumis singulis fasciis latis saturate brunneis, dis- 

 pariter ornatis ; capite humerisque maculis sparsis minutis albis ; 

 corpore infrcL flavescenti-brunneo ; lateribus colli corporisque gut- 

 tis nigris sparsi ornatis ; femoribus tibiisque flavo-brunneis pedi- 

 hus flavescentibus ; rostra fiavo-fusca . 



Long. tot. 18 unc. ; rostri, 2^; a/«, 15 ; cauda, 7 ; tarsi, 3^. 



Hab. In Terra Van Diemen. 



This is the largest known species of the restricted genus Strix, of 

 which the common Barn Owl is a typical example. 



Steix Cyclops. Str. disco fasciali alba, venuste annulo saturate 

 brunneo, circumdato ; corpore supra albo ; dorso humerisque pal- 

 lide stramineis, maculis brunneis et albis lentiginosis ; primariis, 

 fasciis ulternis stramineis brunneisque ; pogoniis externis apici- 

 busque lineis brunneis rectis, frequentibus, et retortis ; caudd albd 

 fasciis brunneis ; interstitiis albis brunneo crebre guttatis, corpore 

 infrii albo, maculis brunneis ; femoribus iarsisque albis ; pedibus 

 flavo-fuscis ; rostra livido. 



Long. tot. 15 unc; rostri, IJ; alis, H^; cauda,5^; tarsi, 2\. 



Hab. In Nova Cambria Australi. 



This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus. 



Stkix delicatulus. Str. disco fasciali alba, margine stramined 

 circumdato ; corpore supra pallidi cano-fusco, flavo tincto, notis 

 nigricantibus et albidis intermixtis delicatulis frequentibusque 

 ornato ; alls pallide fulvis , fasciis lineisque rectis retartis,pallide 

 brunneis ; primariis ad apicem guttd albd notatis ; cauda rectri- 

 cibus quoad colorem remiges fingentibus at guttd apicali albd ob- 

 scuriore ; carpore infrii albo ; pectore lateribusque maculis brunnes- 

 centibus sparsi notatis ; femoribus tibiisque albis ; pedibus flaves- 

 centibus rostra livido. 



Long. tot. 14 unc; rostri, IJ; ala, 11 ; cauda, 4; tarsi, 2^. 



Hab. In Nova Cambria Australi. 



This species in some respects very closely resembles the common 

 British Owl, St. flammea ; but it has a longer bill, and is considerably 

 smaller. 



