170 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
saw a Delicate Owl before dusk. This particular 
Owl left the hollow branch about the month of 
October, probably to mate and breed, though we 
could not discover the nest anywhere in the vicinity. 
MASKED OWL 
Tyto novce-hollandice novce-Jiollandice 
This Owl is larger than the Delicate Owl, and has the 
facial disk purplish, margined with brown spots. 
The general colour is buff, with brown markings and 
dotted with white, under surface paler. Mr. Mulder 
has a specimen which was shot in the forest at Bambra ; 
this is the only instance of its being found in this 
district of which I know. 
GRASS OWL 
Tyto longimembris walleri 
This, too, is a very rare and a very beautiful bird ; 
its long and powerful legs distinguish it easily from 
its relatives the Delicate and Masked Owls. Mr. 
Mulder tells me that one of the specimens in his 
collection was shot by his son one evening in the 
dusk coming home from Point Henry ; the other 
w^as obtained at the Breakv^'ater. 
I saw what I believe to have been a Grass Owl in 
a wooded gully near the BulPs Well, Point Addis, 
in October, 191 2 ; it was on the ground beneath 
