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6. Guaucipium PERLATUM, Kp. 
Athene perlata, G. R. Gray. 
Nyctipethes perlatus, Sw. Cl. ti. p. 218. 
Scotophilus perlatus, Sw. West Afr. Birds, p. 130. 
Strix perlata, Vieill. N. D. dH. Nat. vii. p. 26; Encyel. Méth. p. 1290. 
occipitalis, Temm. Col. 34. 
Diagn.—Size of Surnia passerina. Wings 108, tail 78mm. 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 furm 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. Tibize and a part of 
the tarsi white, spotted with rufous-black. Tarsi thickly feathered, with a black stripe 
on the outer side. 
Dimens.—Head 42mm. Diameter of the eye 10mm. Bill from the gape 174 mm. 
Hab. The whole of Africa. 
7. GuauciDiIuM ticua, 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. 
Dimens.—Head 39-41 mm. Wing 100-102mm. Tail 68-70 mm. 
Hab. Caffreland. 
Subgenus e. Tenioptyne. 
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 Tenioglaua of the genus Athene. We only 
know of one species, from India. 
