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12.* Circus approximans. 



Circus approximans Peak, U. S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 64 pi. 18; Ilartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 05; J. 

 f. 0. 1854, 168; Fmsc/i, Tr. N. Z. Inst. Yll, 226; Lat/, Ibis 1878, 268. — Circus assimilis KdIL (neo Old.) 

 Ora. Ceiitralpol. 1867, 7; iid. J. f. 0. 1870, 244; X«y. P. Z. S. 1875, 424; id. Ibis 1876, 301; uL P. Z. S. 

 1876, 500. — Circus gouldi part. S/iarjjc Cat. B. 1874 I, 72; Gurnet/, Ibis 1875, 225; i?«//6r, B. S". Zeal. 

 1888 ], 207. — Circus approximans? Gumey, Ibis 1876, 384. — ,,Dhakumbe'S Viti Leva (Klcln$chin.). 



-tljl Ts,^ throughout the (Peale, Lay. etc.). 



WaUis Id. or Uea (Br. Mns.j, 



? Tonga 



Ts, (Lay.). 



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13. Circus wolfi. 







Circus assimilis Verr. et Dr.s ]\r. (nee Kauj)), Eev. Zool. 1860, 387; Jouan Mem. Soc. S. N. Cherb. 

 1863 IX, 211; KetIL Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 7; Afarie, Actcs Soc. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; Ibis 1877,361. - 

 Circus jardinii J<man, Mem. Soc. S. N. Cherb. 1863 IX, 210. — Circus wolfi Gumey, P. Z. S. 1865, 823 pi. 

 34; Ibis 1873, 221;' 1875, 225; Pamsay Pr. L. Soc. K S. W. 1870 III, 336; O^a/.Bull. Soc. Pliilom. 1870, 

 July; Salvad, Orn. Pap. 1880 I, 71; Lay. Ibis 1882, 500, 543; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 58. — ^Circus 

 maillardi /Vr." Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; Ibis 1877, 361. — Circus gouldi pt. S/uirpe Cat. B. 

 1874 I, 72. — Circus wolfi S/uirpe 1. c. (note). — Circus sp.? Schmeltz Verb. Vcr. Ilamb. 1877 (1870), 75. — 

 „M'ba-uri", New Caledonia (Jouan)^ 



NciV Caledonia (Verr., J^ay.), 



Also Lord Howe's Island. 



New Hebrides: Erromango (Ramsay), Api?, Vate (Lay.). 



14.-1= Scops podargina. 



Noctua podargina JJartl. et Flmch, P. Z. S. 1872, 00; Hd, Journ. Mas. Godef. 1875 AllI, 4, 8 pi. 1; 



Schmelh Ethn. Ablh. M. G. 407. 



id. t. c. Add. 313; Nehrkom, J. f. 0. 1870, 304. 



I*eieiv Is. (IL et F.). 



Ninox podargina Sharpc Cat. B. 1875 II, 151 note. 



— „Kossuk'' (K'uhary). 



Scops podargina 



15. Asio accipitrinus. 



Strix accipitrinus Fall. Iveise liuss. 1771 I, 455. — Strix brachyotus Forst. Phil. Trans. 1772 

 LXII, 384. — Otus brachyotus Steph. Gen. Zool. Xlll pt. 2, 57; FeaU U. S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 75; IlartL 

 Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 07; id. J. f. 0. 1854, 167; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 1859, 3; Scl Ibis 1871, 358; Fimch. 

 Journ. M. G. 1876 XII, 18; Id. P. Z. S. 1877, 778; id. Ibis 1880, 78; id. J. f. 0. 1880, 283; id. Mitth. 

 Orn. Yer. "Wien 1884, 120. — Strix sandvicensis Bloxam, Voy. Blonde 1826, 250. — Brachyotus gala- 

 pagoensis Uld. P. Z. S. 1837, 10; Cass. U. S, Expl. Exp. 1858, 107; Dole Pr. Boston Soc. X. H. 1860 XII. 

 Asio sandvicensis Blyth, Ibis 1863, 27. — 



Asio accipitrinus Newton Yarr. Br. B. 1871 I, 163; Sharpe Cat. B. 



1875 If, 234; Stejneyer, Pr, U. S. Nat. Mus. 1877 X, 85. — Asio brachyotus Finsch, Ibis 1881, 113. 



„Lugoe", Ponape (Finsch). 



.3Iaria)ine Is. (Ilartl). 



Caroline Is. : Ponap6 (Finsch). — Almost cosmopolitan. 



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16. Strix flaramea lulu. 



Is. 1850, 3; Vcrr.etDcsM. Kev. Zool. 1860, 387; 

 iid. P. Z. S. 1860, 544; Grliffe, J. f. 0. 1870, 402; 



Strix delicatula (GUI.). Gray, B. Trop. 

 ib. 1862, 132; F. et IL Orn. Centralpol. 1869, 11; 

 F.etIL t. c. 122; Marie, Actcs Soc. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; Sd. Ibis 1871, 350; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1872, 30; 

 Whitmee, Ibis 1875, 436; Lay. ib. 1876, 144, 301; Tristr. ib. 1876, 260; Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 400; Finsch, P. 

 Z. S. 1877, 771, 782; Marie, Ibis 1877, 362; Lay. ib. 1878,268; Schmeltz, Verb. Ver. Ilamb. (1877) 1870,75; 

 Lay. Ibis 1880, 222; Salvad. Orn. Pap. 1880, 92; Lay. Ibis 1882, 501, 543. 

 Descr. An. 1844, 157; North, Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. (2) 1887 II, 441. 

 1848, 74, pi. 21. - 



Strix bakkamanu L'orst. 



Strix lulu Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. 



Athene forsterii Gray, B. 



— Strix forsteri (Bp.) Ilartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 130. 

 Trop. Is. 1859, 2. — Strix flaramea (L.) Sd. Ibis 1871, 358; Schl. Mus. P. B. Av. Noct. 1873, 15; Sharpc, 

 Cat. B. 1875 II, 201 ; id. Bowley's Orn. Misc. I, 260 ; var. lulu Trisir. Cat. Coll. B. 1 880, 68. — „Lulu", Tonga Is., 

 Samoan Is., Eua etNiiiafou (Peale etc.). ~~ „Nalithmot^S New Hebrides (Tristr.). — „Mea'*, Mare; „Mene", Lifu (Lay)'. 



