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STRIX SAUZIERI NEWT. & GAD. 



Strix sauzieri Newton & Gadow, Trans. Zool. Soc. XIII, p. 286, pi. XXXIII, figs. 11-18 (1893). 



MESSRS. NEWTON AND GADOW describe this species from four 

 metatarsi, three tibiae, and two humeri. They state that the relative 

 length of the tibia to the metatarsus is very constant and characteristic 

 of the various families and genera of owls. In the present instance this 

 comparison indicates a species of Strix. 



The longer and higher cnemial process of the tibia and the shortness 

 of the humerus serve amply to justify the specific separation of this Mauritian 

 owl. 



The following are the measurements : — 



Humerus, length 

 Tibia-tarsus, length .... 

 Tarso-metatarsus, length 



71 mm. 



90—93 



63—66 



Habitat : Mauritius. 



