ATHENE MACULATA. 
Fig. 1. 
Ath. disco faciali albo, siyigulis plumis ad basin rostri in medio, et ad apiceni nigris ; capite corporeque 
swprd brunneis, albo crebre guttatis; caudd brtmned irregulariter colore paUidiore fasciatd ; pectore 
corporeque subtiis brunneis, cervino alboque notatis ; primariis brunneis Iccte fusco fasciatis, et extits 
cervino guttatis ; femoribus cervinis ; rostro obscure corneo ; pedibus Jlavis. 
Long. tot. 11 unc. ; rostri, ; alcB, 8 ; caudce, 5 ; tarsi, 1^. 
Facial disk whiie, each of the feathers immediately above tlie bill with the shafts and tips black; 
head and all the upper surface brown, numerously spotted with white ; tail brown, crossed by irregular 
bands of a lighter tint, which become nearly white on the outer feathers ; chest and all the under 
surface brown, blotched with tawny and white ; primaries brown, crossed with broad bands of a deeper 
tint, and irregularly spotted on their outer margins Avith buify white ; thighs tawny buff ; bill dark 
horn colour ; feet yellow. 
Syn. Noctua maculata, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 189. 
Habitat. Australia. 
ATHENE BOOBOOK. 
Fig. 2. 
Ath. disco faciali antice cinerescente, plumarum apicibus nigrescentibus ; disco postice fusco ; capite 
corporeque toto superne rufescenti-brunneis ; alarum tectricibus, scapularibus, secondariisque ad 
marginem internum albo guttatis ; primariis cauddque colore pallidiore fasciatis ; pectore corpore- 
que subtiis rufis, albo irregulariter iiotatis, ast magis in abdomine ; femoribus intense cervinis ; 
rostro obscure corneo ; pedibus Jlavis. 
Long. tot. 12 unc. ; rostri, 1|-; alw, 9\; caudce, 7f ; tarsi, 1|. 
Fore part of the facial disk greyish white, each feather tipped with black ; hinder part dark brown ; 
head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail reddish brown ; the wing-coverts, scapularies, and inner 
webs of the secondaries spotted with white ; primaries and tail-feathers irregularly barred Avith light 
reddish brown, the spaces between the bars becoming buffy white on the imder surface ; breast and 
all the under surface rufous, irregularly blotched with -white, which predominates on the abdomen ; 
thighs deep tawny buff ; bill dark horn colour ; feet yellow. 
Syn. Strix Boobook, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xv. no. 9. — Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. vii. p. 262. 
Boobook Owl, Id. Gen. Hist., vol. i. p. 362, no. 66. — Id. Gen. Syn., SuppL, vol. ii. p. 64'. 
Noctua Boobook, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 188. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
