STRIX PERSONATA, Fig. 



Fig. 1. 



St. pallide badia ; capite supra, dor so, alisque fusco-brunneo variegatis, albisque guttulis parce sparsis ; 

 corpore infra pallidiore, brunneo parce maculato ; caudd badio brunneoque undulatim fasciatd, 

 disco purpurescenti-badio, circulo marginali intense brunneo notato ; rostro pallide corneo ; digitis 

 jlavis. 



Long. tot. 14 unc. ; rostri, lj; alee, 13 J; caudce, tarsi, 2. 



Pale buff ; the upper part of the head, the back, and the wings variegated with dark brown, and 

 sparingly dotted with white ; under surface paler with a few brown spots ; tail buff, undulated with 

 brown fascia ; facial disk purplish buff, margined with deep brown spots ; bill pale horn-colour ; toes 

 yellow. 



Syn. Strix personata, Vig. in Proc. of Comm. of Sci., and Corr. of Zool. Soc, Part L, 1830-31, 

 p. 60. 



Habitat. Australia. 



STRIX CASTANOPS, Gould. 

 Fig. 2. 



St. disco fasciali castaneo, ad marginem saturatiore, et nigro circumdato ; corpore supra, alis, cauddque 

 Icete rufo-brunneis, plumis singulis fasciis latis saturate brunneis, dispariter ornatis ; capite hu- 

 merisque maculis sparsis minutis albis ; corpore infra flavescenti-brunneo ; lateribus colli corpo- 

 risque guttis nigris sparse ornatis ; femoribus tibiisque flavo-brunneis ; rostro flavo-fusco ; pe- 

 dibus flavescentibus. 



Long. tot. 18 unc. ; rostri, ala>, 15 ; caudm, 7 ; tarsi, 3 \. 



Fascial disk deep chestnut, becoming deeper at the margin and encircled with black ; upper surface, 

 wings, and tail fine rufous brown, each feather irregularly and broadly barred with dark brown with 

 a few minute white spots on the head and shoulders ; under surface uniform deep sandy brown ; sides 

 of the neck and flanks sparingly marked with round blackish spots ; thighs and legs the same, but 

 destitute of spots ; bill yellowish brown ; feet light yellow. 



Syn. Strix Castanops, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part IV., 1836, p. 140. 



Remark. This is one of the largest and most powerful species of the genus as now restricted. In 

 the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



Habitat. Australia: locality, uncertain. 



