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STRIX DELICATULUS (Gould). 



DELICATE OWL. 



rilHE present species is considerably smaller than its congeners, and lias a much wider distribution. 



New South Wales. Victoria, and South Australia constitute its principal home, and it is also 

 found in Queensland, and the north coast, as well as in several of the islands of the Pacific. 



Its habits are so like those of the other members of the same genus, that no separate 

 description is necessary. 



The facial disc is white, margined with reddish-buff, which colour also surrounds the eyes ; 

 upper surface, light grey, marked with spots of mingled white and black; wings and tail-feathers, 

 light buff, margined with dark brown ; under surface, white, sparingly spotted with brown ; irides, grey ; 

 bill, horn-colour ; legs and feet, yellow ; claws, black. 



Habitats : All the eastern colonies, as well as South Australia, and several islands in 

 the Pacific. 



