53. The Official Guide to the 
specimen from New Guinea; WV. sfilocephalus is from 
the Philippine Islands; and a third, . theomacha, 
Hoedt’s Ninox from New Guinea, is remarkable for — 
the richness of its colour. 
Case LIV. 
contains other species of /Vzzox, and a very rare and 
abnormal Owl from New Zealand, known as Sce/og/aux 
albifacies, the New Zealand Laughing Owl, and rapidly 
becoming extinct, which should not be overlooked ; 
this specimen, now somewhat faded, was excellently . 
figured by Gould in the supplement to his magnificent 
Birds of Australia. ‘Then follow the Screech Owls, the 
first genus of which is Sce/ostvix, its members are 
found inhabiting Natal, Formosa, Assam, and the Philip- 
pine Islands, and are known as Grass Owls; they bear 
a close resemblance to our Barn Owl. The last two 
shelves in this case contain the first specimens of the 
genus S/vix, IN many respects a very remarkable 
one. Mr. Gurney enumerates ten species and eight 
sub-species ; of these 18, thirteen are represented in 
the collection. ‘The series commences with the Neo- 
tropical Stvzx perlata, examples of which will be found 
from Brazil, Chil, Peru, Guiana, Antioquia, Para and 
Ecuador, also Central America ; and S. pratincola from 
Mexico, Guatemala, California, Cuba, Jamaica, Trini- — 
dad, Granada, and Pennsylvania. Proceeding to } 
Case LV. 
we come to the European Screech Owl, Strix flammea, 
the cruelly persecuted but still familiar “‘ Barn Owl,” 
examples of which will be found from the following 
localities, Denmark, Heligoland, England, France, 
Spain, Madeira, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, Nubia, 
Abyssinia, &c. The northern form of Screech Owl 
