strigid.i;. 61 



Sp. 2. St ? Novae Hollandiae. 



St? suprci saturate-cinereo griseo alboque varia, apicibus pen- 



narum albonigricantequemaculatis ; subtus subfulva nigricante 



maculata, caudafasciis nigris. 

 Owl above dark cinereous varied with grey and white, with the 



tips of the feathers spotted with dusky and white; beneath 



subfulvous spotted with dusky, the tail with black bands. 

 Mouse Owl. Lath, Gen. Hist. i. 358. 



Length about seventeen inches : beak white : face 

 reddish -buff: from the chin a chocolate mark, sur- 

 rounding the margin of both the face circles, and 

 finishing at the hind head ; before the eye dusky- 

 black : plumage above dark ash-colour, speckled with 

 grey, dashed with white ; this appearance arising from 

 each feather having a darker spot at the end, and 

 within this a triangular white mark : the inner webs 

 of the feathers rusty-yellow (as in the preceding 

 bird) : quills and tail clouded, the latter crossed with 

 five or six bands of black, margined above and below 

 with white : under parts of the body and under wing- 

 coverts pale buff, with a dull dusky spot at the end 

 of each feather : outer quill greatly serrated, the 

 second less so, the edges of the others smooth : legs 

 feathered to the toes, the latter hairy : claws black. 

 Inhabits New Holland. 



GENUS XXXVI.— SYRNIUM, Savigny. HOWLET. 



Rostrum breve, curvatum. 

 Caput fasciculis auriformis 



haud ornatum. 

 Discus faciei maximus. 

 Pedes usque ad ungues plu- 



mosi. 



Beak short, curved. 



Head not furnished with 



egrets. 

 Facial disc very large. 

 Legs clothed with feathers 



to the claws. 



