STRIX DELICATULUS, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
St. disco fasciali alho, margine stramineo circumdato ; corpore svprd pullide eaiio-fusco, Jlavo tincto, 
notis nigricantibus et albidis iyitermixtis delicatis frequentibusque ornafo ; alis palUde fulvis, 
fasciis lineisque retortis, pallide brumicis ; primariis ad apicem guttd ulhd notutls ; caudcE 
rectricibits quoad colorem remiges Jingentibus, at guttd apiculi albd obscuriore ; corpore infra 
albo ; pectore later ibiisque macnlis brunnescentibiis sparse notatis ; fetitoribus tibiisque albis ; rostro 
livido ; pedibus jiavescerdibus. 
Long. tot. 14 unc. ; rostri, 1|; alee, 11 ; caudce, 4; tarsi, 2^. 
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 butF, lightly barred 
with pale brown, marked along the outer edge and extremities with zigzag pencilHngs 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. 
Syx. Strix delicatulus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part IV., 1836, p. 14-0. 
Remark. This species very closely resembles the Common British Owl, Strix Jiammea ; 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 brunneo, circumdato ; corpore svprd albo ; dorso hu- 
merisque pallide stramineis, mactdis brumieis et albis ladiginosis ; primariis fasciis alternis api- 
cibusque lineis brunneis frequentibus, et retortis ; caudd albd fasciis brunneis ; itderstitiis 
albis, brumieo crebre guttatis ; corpore infra albo, muculis brunneis ; rostro livido ; femoribus 
tarsisque albis ; pedibus Jlavo-fuscis. 
Long. tot. 15 unc; rostri, 1|; alec, 11 1; cauda, tarsi, 2|. 
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 witli 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 
i 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. 
