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CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



22. Astur approximans. (Vigors and Horsfield.) Australia. 



23. Astur novae-hoUandiae. (Gmelin.) Australia. 



24. Accipiter rufitorques. (Peale.) Samoan Islands. 



25. Accipiter badius. (Grmelin.) (Obtained at Singapore.) 



Astur bifasciatus. Peale.* 



26. Falco polyagrus. Cassin. Oregon. 



27. Falco frontatus. Gould. Australia. 



"Falco peregrinoides ?" Peale. 



28. Falco novae-zealandiae. Gmelin. New Zealand. 



Falco ferox. Peale. 



29. Jerax coerulescens. (Linnaeus.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



30. Tinnunculus sparverius. (Linnaeus.) Oregon. 



3L Tinnunculus cenchroides. (Vig. and Ilorsf.) Australia. 

 32. Strix pratiucola. Bonaparte. Oregon. 

 83. Strix perlata. Lichtenstein. Brazil. 



34. Strix delicatula. Gould. Samoan Islands. 



Strix lulu. Peale. 



35. Bracliyotus galapagoensis. Gould. Sandwich Islands. 



36. Ketupa javanensis. Lesson. (Obtained at Malacca.) 



37. Scops sunia. (Hodgson.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



38. Ciccaba rnelanonota. (Tschudy.) Brazil? 



39. Syrnium indranee. (Sykes.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



40. Spiloglaux boobook. (Latham.) Australia. 

 4L Spiloglaux connivens. (Latham.) Australia. 



42. Athene novae-zealandiae. (Gmelin.) New Zealand. 



Noctua venatica. Peale. 



43. Athene cunicularia. (Molina.) Oregon. Peru. 



Athene patagonica. Peale. 



44. Athene grallaria. (Temminck.) Peru. 



45. Athene ferruginea. (De Wied.) Brazil. 



46. Bubo virginianus. (Gmelin.) Oregon. 



47. Bubo orientalis. (Horsfield.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



* "Back sepia-brown; head darker, with a white, obscure nuchal spot and superciliary line. Wings 

 sepia-brown, banded with umber; shafts brown; beneath yellowish-white, with conspicuous brown 

 bands; tail lighter than the wings, and having (bur conspicuous brown bands, the two outer feathers 

 with double the number (whence our name); shafts, between the bars, white; throat and breast white, 

 the feathers having a brown line along the centre of each; belly, flanks, and thighs white, banded with 

 brown, and tinged with ferruginous; under tail-coverts white ; bill and claws dark brown ; cere and 

 legs dusky yellow. 



" Total length twelve and seven-tenths inches ; wings, from the carpal joint, seven and seven-tenths 

 inclies; tail, five and one-half inches; tarsi, one and eight-tenths inches; middle toe, including the 

 nail, one and six-tenths inches: nail, four-tenths of an inch; hind toe, including the nail, one and one- 

 twentieth iriches; nail one-half of an inch.'' Peale, Zool. Exp. Exp. Birds, p. 70. 



