52 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM TIMOR LAUT. [Feb. 20, 



Table (coutinued). 



I will now give descriptions of the new species, and notes upon 

 several others imperfectly known. 



4. NiNOx FORBEsr, sp. nov. (Plate XI.) 



Svpra rufescenti-brunnea, fere unicolor, in alarum tectricibus et 

 scapularibus fasciolis albis variegata; f rente et superciliis albis ; 

 alarum remigibus terreno-brunneis , nigra transfasciatis ; subtus 

 dorso concolor, mento albicante, ventre albo transfasciato ; tar- 

 sis, omnino plumosis, cum subalaribus rnfis unicoloribus ; alarum 

 et caudcB pagina inferiore pallide corylino-brunnea nigra regu- 

 lariter transfasciata ; rostri 7iigri apice Jlavicante ; digitis fuscis 

 setis obtectis : long, tola ITO, alee 7'A, caudce 4*5, tarsi 1*3. 

 Hab. Loetoe, Timor Laut. 



Obs. Sp. quoad colores N. hantu maxime affinis, sed facie alba 

 fasciis ventris albis, et alis subtus nigro vittatis diversa. 



The single specimen of this Owl is a male, obtained at Loetoe on 

 August 9, 1881 . It is noted : — " Irides golden ; bill pale cinereous ; 

 feet pale yellow, covered with bristly hairs ; soles of feet nearly 

 orange." 



I have dedicated this apparently distinct species to its discoverer, 

 Mr. Henry Ogg Forbes, F.Z.S. 



5. Strix sororcula, sp. nov. 



Supra terreno-fusca jlavicante variegata, et punctis rotundis albis 

 regulariter aspersa; disco faciali amplo albo, margine nigri- 

 canti-brunneo cireumdato ; macula anteoculari nigricante ; remi- 



