24 STEIGID^. 



Family STRIGIDiE. 



Genus STKIX, Linncms. 



C^; STRIX CANDIDA, ric/fceZZ. 



Grass Owl. 

 6roM^ ,S'm^;jZ. Bds. Aust., PI. i. ^^2^- '^• 



Respecting this rare Australian Owl, Dr. Ramsay remarks ; — 

 " I am indebted to my friend Mr. J. A. Boyd, for a set of the 

 eggs of this species, taken in the Herbert District, Queensland ; 

 like those of all others of the genus, they are white, but have a 

 slight bluish tinge ; in form oval, rather swollen about the centres; 

 length (A) 1-68 x 1-25 inches in breadth; (B) 1-7x1 -25 inches." 

 {P.L.S., JV.S.W., 2nd Series, Yol. i., p. 1060, Ramsay.) 



Ilab. Rockingham Bay, Wide Bay District, New South Wales. 

 I^Ramsay.) 



6. STRIX FLAMMEA, Linncms. 



Sub-Species Steix delicatula, Gould. 

 Delicate Owl. 



Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Yol. i., sp. 31, p. 66. 



On two occasions, Mr. K. H. Bennett found nests of this 

 species at Ivanhoe, in the interior of New South Wales. The 

 eggs were in both instances six in number, of a dull uniform 

 white, and were deposited on the decayed wood in the hollow 

 limb of a Box tree. An average specimen measures 1-55 inch in 

 length X 1-28 inch in breadth, 



Hab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, 

 Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Richmond 

 and Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 



