STRIX DELICATULUS, Gould. 



Fig. 1. 



St. disco fasciali albo, mar gine stramineo circumdato ; corpore supra pallide cano-fusco, flavo tincto, 

 notis nigricantibus et albidis intermixtis delicatis frequentibusque ornato ; alis pallide fulvis, 

 fasciis lineisque retortis, pallide brunneis ; primariis ad apicem guttd alba notatis ; caudce 

 rectricibus quoad colorem remiges Jingentibus, at guttd apicali alba obscuriore ; corpore infra 

 albo ; pectore lateribusque maculis brunnescentibus sparse notatis ; femoribus tibiisque albis ; rostra 

 livido ; pedibus Jlavescentibus. 



Long. tot. 14 unc. ; rostri, If ; alee, 11 ; caudce, 4 ; tarsi, 2 J. 



Facial disk white, margined with buff ; upper surface light greyish brown, tinged with yellow, very 

 thickly and delicately pencilled with spots of brownish black and white ; wings pale buff, lightly barred 

 with pale brown, marked along the outer edge and extremities with zigzag pencillings of the same, 

 each primary having a terminal spot of white ; tail resembles the primaries, except that the terminal 

 white spot is indistinct, and the outer feathers are almost white ; under surface white, sparingly marked 

 about the chest and flanks with small brownish dots ; legs and thighs white ; bill horn colour ; feet 

 yellowish. 



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



Remark. This species very closely resembles the Common British Owl, Strix jlammea ; but is con- 

 siderably smaller in size, and has a longer bill. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



STRIX CYCLOPS, Gould. 

 Fig. 2. 



Str. disco fasciali albo, venuste annulo saturate brumieo, circumdato ; corpore supra albo; dor so hu- 

 merisque pallide stramineis, maculis brunneis et albis lentiginosis ; primariis fasciis alternis api- 

 cibusque lineis brunneis frequentibus, et retortis ; caudd alba fasciis brunneis; interstitiis 

 albis, brunneo crebre guttatis ; corpore infra cdbo, maculis brunneis ; rostro livido ; femoribus 

 tarsisque albis ; pedibus jlavo-fuscis. 



Long. tot. 15 unc; rostri, If; aim, 11 J; cauda, tarsi, 2j. 



Facial disk white, margined with deep brown ; upper surface white, tinged on the back and shoul- 

 ders with pale straw colour, and freckled irregularly with brown, surrounding numerous spots of white ; 

 primaries alternately barred with pale brown, the outer edge and extremities thickly pencilled with 

 zigzag marks of brown ; tail white, barred with brown, the spaces between the bars thickly dotted 

 with the same colour ; under surface white, spotted with brown ; bill horn colour ; thighs and legs 

 white ; feet yellow. 



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



Remark. This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus. In my own Collection. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



