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Birds of Celebes: Asionidae. 
t * 30. NINOX OCHRACEA (Sehl.). 
Ochraceous Hawk-owl. 
Plate IV. 
a. Noctua ochraeea (1) ScliL, Ned. Tdschr. Dierk. 1866, HI, 183; (2) id., Eev. Noctiiae 1873, 
22; (3) Eosenb., Malay. Arcbip. 1878, 271, 583. 
h. Athene ochraeea Wall., Ibis 1868, 23; Gray, HL. 1869, I, 41; Wald., Tr. Z. S. 
1872, Yin, 38. 
Ninox ochraeea YJ Sharpe, Ibis 1875, 258; (II) id.. Cat. B. 1875, II, 167, pi. XI, fig. 2; 
(3) M. & Wg., Abb. Mas. Dresd. 1896, Xr. 2, p. 8. 
“Totosik”, Lotta, Minabassa, Xat. Coll. 
“Keketi”, Tonkean, E. Celebes, Xat. Coll. 
Figures and descriptions. Sharpe IT; Schlegel a 1, a 2\ Eosenberg a 3 (ex Scbl). 
Adult. Above dark brown with a chestnut wash, more dusky on the bead; the underlying 
scapulars with large patches of white, chiefly on the outer webs of the feathers; 
greater and middle wing-coverts marked on the outer webs with a few spots of 
white, often concealed; quills brown, outer webs washed with rufous, the secon- 
daries notched somewhat deeply on the inner and slightly on the outer webs with 
white, the rpmains of which are perceptible on the outer edge of the primaries; tail 
brown like the quills, marked on the inner webs (except on the middle pair) with 
notches of white, deepest towards the base of the feathers — these white notches 
mark the spaces between obscure bars, of which about seven may be made out on 
the middle feathers; — bristle -plumes of the forehead and lores whitish with 
black shafts, winch are continued into fine hair-hke points reaching considerably 
beyond tip of bill; above eye, and malar region, whitish; under surface tawny 
raw-umber, darkest on the chest and gradually becoming lighter, until on the under 
tail-coverts it is buff; under wing-coverts light cinnamon marked with brown near 
the edge of the wing, the greater series and inner webs of quills below notched 
with wlfite (Lotta, Xorth Celebes, 4. Dec. 1894: Xat. Coll. — 0 13865). 
“Iris somewhat dark brown, bill brownish white” (al). 
Measurements. Wing 184 mm; tail 108; tarsus 27; middle toe without claw 22.5; cuhnen 
from cere 14. 
A specimen in the Brit. Mus. measures: wing 200 mm; tail 127; tars. 25 (Sharpe). 
Young. Differs from the adult in having the under surface white or whitish; throat and 
jugulum dark brown; upper parts dark brown, without any chestnut hue (juv. Main, 
X. Celebes, Feb. 1894: Xat. Coll. — 0 13240). 
ments. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill from 
cere 
a. (10439) ad. Gorontalo (Eiedel) 
184 
108 
27 
14 
h. (0 13865) ad. Minahassa, 4. XH. 94 (Xat. Coll.) . . . 
189 
101 
26.5 
12 
c. (C 14357) ad. E. Celebes, Y.-YIH. 95 (Xat. Coll.) . . 
192 
100 
27.5 
13 
d. (C 13240) juv. Minahassa, Eeb. 94 (Xat. Coll.) 
178 
85 
27 
12 
Distribution. Xorth Celebes: Gorontalo District — Xegri-lama (Eosenb. a I) and Gorontalo 
(Eiedel in Mus. Dresden); Minahassa (v. Duivenb. a 2, Xat. Coll.); Tonkean, E. Cel. 
This little Owl is a somewhat rare species in collections. It was discovered 
by von Eosenberg at Xegri-lama on the coast of the Gnlf of Tomini in 1863. 
