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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



The Lesser Masked or Delicate Owl. 



Strix delicatula. 



Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty, New Hebrides. 



A sub-species of S. flammea, the Old World Barn Owl. Above pearl 

 grey, with faint zigzag grey mottlings; tail whitish, with brown vermicu- 

 lations, crossed with four brown bands; under surface pure silky white, 

 with a few spots on the sides of the body and the abdomen; facial disc 

 pure white, margined with buff. Length 13 inches, wing 11 inches. 



From life. Melbourne Zoo. D. Le Souef. 



Chestnnt-faced Owl: Stri.r 7iovae-hoUandiae. 



