— 359 — 



16. Ninox hypogramma. 



Athene hypogramma, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 344: WaU. Ibis, 1868, p. 23: Gray, Handl. B. \, p. 41 (1869). 

 Noctua hypogramma, Schi. Mus. P. B. Revue Accipitr. p. 25 (1873). 



Ninox hypogramma, Bharpe, Ibis, 1875, p. 259: id. Cat. B. ii. p. 183, pl. X (1875): Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. 

 Genov. Vir p. 752 (1875), XII, p. 41 (1878). 

 a. cT ad. Halmahera. 



17. JViiiox tlieomaclia. 



Athene theomacha, Bp. C. R. XLl, p. 654: Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 34: Gray, Handl. B. i, p. 41 (1869). 



Spiloglaux theomacha, Bp. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 544. 



Noctua hoedtii, Schi. N. T. D. IV, p. 3: id. Mus. P. B. Revue Accipitr. p. 24 (1873). 



Noctua Hoedtii, Aknjer Sitzgsber. Altad. Wien. LXIX, p. 396 (1874\ 



Ninox hoedti, Sharpe, Ibis, 187.5, p. 258. 



Ninox theomacha, Sharpe, Ibis, 1875, p. 258: id. Cat. B. ii,p.l78 [l'Slb^: Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. XII, p. 40. 



a. ad. Andei, New Guinea, July 1873. 

 b- 'S juv. Andei, New Guinea, July 1873. 



The young bird differs from the oid one in being darker and of a deeper chocolate-brown, with 

 remaius of greyish down liere and there: wings and tail perfectiy uniform without any bars: under surfaee 

 of body greyish chocolate with a tinge of rufous on the ehest, the centre of the abdomen also entirely 

 rufous: a slight indication of wiiitish ou the fore part of the cheeks. Total length 195 mm, wing 135, tail 

 70, tarsus 25. 



18. Strix tenebrlcosa. 



Ötrix tencbricosa, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 80: id. B. Ausir. ])1. 30 (1848): Bp. Consp. i, p. 54 (1850): 

 StricM. Gm. Syn. p. 182 (1855): Schi. Mus. P. B. Striges, p. 7 (1873): Gould, Handb. B. Austr. 

 i, p. 65 (1865): Gray, Handl B. i, p. 53 (1869): Sharpe, Cat. B. ii, p. 306 (1876): Meyer, Sitz. 

 Wien, LXIX, p. 396 (1874): Sharpe in Roidey's Orn. Mise. (1876): Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. 

 Genov. XII, p. 42. 



a. ad. Andei, New Guinea, July 1873. 



The specimen collected by Dr. Meyer cannot be specitically distinguished from the xVustraliam S. 

 tenebrlcosa. It is smaller, darker, and almost entirely without wiiitish vermiculations on the Upper surfaee, 

 and it measures as follows: — Total length 285, wing 280, tail 138, tarsus 66. 



IL D I C R U m D ^. 



The skius of Drongos submitted to me by Dr. Meyer are 50 in number, representing five species, 

 the most interesting of which has been, of course, the new genus Chcetorhynchus discovered by bim in North- 

 western New Guinea. It has been figured by me in the 'Catalogue of Birds' (Vol. III, pl. XIII). 



The arrangement of the Dicruridce in the last mentioned volume has been subjected to a severe 

 criticism on the part ofthe Marquis of Tweeddale, whose rieh coUection of Drongos and his ample leisure 

 for their study has enabied him to deteet sonie sufficiently serious faults in my work, which, it must be 



