THE POWEBFUL OWL 191 



The Marbled Owl 



N. ocellata. 

 Takes the place of the preceding in North and West Australia. 

 Smaller, length 13.5 inches, wing 8.6 inches. More rufous, and the 

 under wing-coverts uniform fawn-coloured. 



The Spotted Owl 



JV. maculata. 



South-east Australia and Tasmania. 



Length 13.5 inches, wing 8.9 inches. Upper surface chocolate-brown 

 all mottled with white spots disposed in pairs on the feathers; tail 

 brown, with six or seven paler bars; forehead white; under surface 

 rufous everywhere mottled with white, the belly and flanks with large 

 rounded white spots. 



Lurid Owl. 

 N. lurida. 



Northern Queensland. 



Much smaller than N. iooiooTc, and has throat, upper portion of breast, 

 axillaries, and under wing coverts with intense rufous colouring. Closely 

 allied to N. ocellata. Wing 8.5 inches. 



The Winking Owl. 



N. connivens, 



Australia. 



Length 21 inches, wing 12.5 inches. Above nearly uniform dark 

 brown; tail brown, tipped with whitish, and with six other narrow bars 

 of whitey brown; under surface dull white broadly streaked with brown. 



The Western Winking Owl. 



N. occidentalis. 

 North-west Australia. 

 Like the preceding, but the upper surface lighter. 



The Cape York Owl. 



N. penmsularis. 

 Cape York Peninsula. 



Smaller than the Winking Owl, with rufous streaks on the under 

 surface. 



B. — Breast barred with brown. 



The Powerful Owl. 



N. strenua. 



Australia generally. 



Length 24.5 inches, wing 15.9 inches. Above dark brown banded 

 with pale; tail dark brown with seven lighter cross-bands; under surface 

 white barred with brown; ear-coverts brown. 



