BOOBOOK OWL 
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much variety in the double hoot, and never yet has 
it sounded to me exactly like the syllables mo- 
poke " or " more-pork." 
Two or three white eggs are laid in the latter part 
of October, on dead wood in a horizontal spout of a 
eucalyptus. One nest I found at Ocean Grove had 
a half-eaten rabbit in front of the eggs, the Owl 
having been breakfasting in her room, as it were. 
WINKING OWL 
Hieracoglaux connivens connivens 
This Owl might be popularly described as a large 
edition of the Boobook. The upper surface is dark 
brown, the lower mottled brown and white. Mr. 
Mulder has an example which was shot at Birregurra, 
probably in the forest. I know no other instance of 
its having occurred here. I have seen it at Kyabram 
in the Goulburn Valley, but believe it is a rare Owl 
anywhere in Victoria ; it certainly is so here in the 
south. 
POWERFUL OWL 
Hieracoglaux strenua 
The forest-country from Anglesea westwards is the 
home of this huge bird, whose prominently out- 
standing bill has something Hawk-like in its appearance. 
Its great size prevents the likelihood of its being 
mistaken for any other Owl. 
