PLATE 



XXYIII. 



STRIX CANDIDA (TicMij. 



GEASS OWL. 



mHE species under notice inhabits the grassy plains of Queensland, and is also found in some parts 

 of India, where the country is of very much the same description as portions of Australia. 



It resembles greatly, both in structure and habits, the Strix Delicatulus. 



The female does not differ much from the male, merely being rather duller in colouring. 



The facial disc is greyish-white ; the head and upper surface, brownish-black, spotted with 

 white ; primaries, dark brown, margined with rufous ; wing-coverts, light rufous, tipped with black, and 

 having a spot of white near the extremity ; secondaries, rufous, with several black spots ; under 

 surface, greyish-white, tinged with rufous on the chest and Hanks, and irregularly spotted with brown ; 

 irides, dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet, light brown. 



Habitats : Queensland, and parts of India. 



