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371. Ieracidea berigora melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Northern Brown Hawk. 



Differs from /. b. occidentalis (type-locality, Perth) in 

 its larger size and black cheeks. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,803. 



Range, Melville Island and Northern Territory. 



375a. Pandion haliaettts melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Northern White-headed Osprey. 



Differs from P. h. cristatus in its whiter head and 

 smaller size. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,800. 



Range, Melville Island and Northern Territory. 



381a. Ninox boobook melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Red Boobook Owl. 



Differs from N. b. mixta in its very red general-coloration 

 and smaller size. This is the smallest subspecies of 

 N. b. boobook. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,796. 



Range, Melville Island. 



392a. Tyto nov^e-hollandle mackayi, subsp. n. 

 Queensland White-faced Owl. 



Differs from T. n. novce-hollandice in having the facial- 

 disc white, with the feathers round the eye chocolate at 

 the base ; it is lighter above and lacks the buff on the 

 lower surface. Wing 315 mm. 



Type, Mackay, Queensland, No. 6,400. 



Range, Queensland. 



Are there not two different species of Owls confused 

 under T. novce-hollandice ? If so, those with the white 

 facial-disc must stand as T. Cyclops (Gould), and those 

 with the chestnut face as T. novce-hollandice (Stephens). 



392b. Tyto nov^e-hollandee whitei, subsp. n. 

 South White-faced Owl. 



Differs from T. n. mackayi in its darker upper-surface 

 and smaller size : wing 301 mm. 



Type, Adelaide, South Australia, No. 913. 



Range, South Australia. 



