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pally to the smaller end. Length (A) 2-07 x 1-57 inch ; (B) 2-05 

 X 1-55 inch. 



Another set taken by Mr. Bennett on the 28th of November, 

 the female of which was shot from the nest, are rounded in form, 

 of a dull white, one specimen (A) being blotched towards the 

 smaller end with dark umber-brown, freckles and dots of the same 

 colour being evenly dispersed over the remainder of the shell ; the 

 other specimen (B) is thickly mottled and marked all over, but par- 

 ticularly towards the larger end with indistinct fleecy markings 

 of dull reddish-brown, where also a few obsolete markings of dull 

 purple appear. Length (A) 1-87 x 1'58 inch : (B) 1-83 x 1-56 

 inch. In the eggs of this species there is great variation in their 

 size, shape, and the colour and disposition of their markings. They 

 closely resemble some of the varieties of Aquila morphnoides, and 

 Haliastur sphenurus, but are much smaller. 



Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, 

 Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, !^ichmond and 

 Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 

 and South Australia, West and South-west Australia. (Ramsay.) 



NINOX MAOULATA, Vigors & Horsfield. 

 Spotted O^wl. 

 Gould, Handhk. Eds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 37, p. 76. 



For an opportunity of examining an egg of this species I am 

 indebted to Mr. E. D. Atkinson of Table Cape, Tasmania. Like 

 its near ally N. boobook, it deposits its eggs in the hollow limb of 

 a tree. The egg is rounded in form, dull white, the texture of the 

 shell being fine and slightly glossy ; in the specimen examined a 

 few small limy excrescences appear on either end of the shell. 

 Length 1-58 x 1'37 inch. Mr. Atkinson states the above specimen 

 is one of a set of four taken by Mr. Massey at Bridgewater, 

 Tasmania, on the 7th of October, 1886. 



Hab. Wide Bay District, New South Wales, Victoria and South 

 Australia, Tasmania. {Ba/msay.) 



