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Birds of Celebes: Strigidae. 
^ * 35. STRIX INEXPEOTATA Schl. 
Unexpected Owl. 
Strix inexpectata ScliL, Notes Leyden Mus. I, 1878, 50; J. f. O. 1879. 426; W. Bias., 
J. f. O. 1883, 124. 
Description. Differs as follows from S. rosenhergi. Wing short, the point of it overreaching 
the secondaries by only 45— 55 mm (20— 24 lines French) as against 95— 115 mm in 
that species; the secondaries crossed with 7, the first primary with 8 and the others 
with 9 narrower black bars; under surface of the wing darker (silvery grey), the 
bars indistinct and quite obliterated on the first primary; tail crossed with nine bars; 
tarsi covered with downy feathers down to the toes, which are somewhat shorter 
and much more slender than in 8. rosenhergi] upper parts very bright rufous, 
unmixed with grey and marked with smaller white spots; below deep tawny rufous 
as in the darkest specimens of 8. rosenhergi] face darker, as in 8. eastanops and 
8. iwvaehollandiae (“light chestnut, the feathers in front of the eye black, the loral 
plumes also slightly tipped with black” — Sharpe, description of 8. eastanops^ Cat. 
B. II, 305). (Ex Schlegel.) 
Measurements. Wing 258 mm; point of wing 45 — 55; tail 122; tarsus 68; middle toe 36 
(converting the French lines of Schlegel to millimeters). 
Distribution. North Celebes. 
This species is only known by one specimen in the Leyden Museum, ob- 
tained by van Musschenbroek in the Minahassa. A very good species, the 
nine bars on the tail and the tarsi feathered down to the toes easily distinguish- 
ing it from the other Owls occurring in the Celebesian area. 
Jh 36. STRIX CANDIDA Tick. 
Grass Owl. 
Strix Candida (1) Tickell, J. A. S. B. II, 1833, 572; (II) Jerd., 111. Ind. Orn. 1847, pi. 30; 
(3) id., B. Inch I, 1862, 118; (IV) Grid., B. Asia pi. 18 (1872); (5) Sharpe, Cat. 
B. II, 1875, 308; David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 46; Hume, Str. F. YI, 
1878, 27; (8) Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1882, 335; (9) Davison, Str. F. X, 1883, 341; 
(10) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 1883, II, 168; (11) E. P. Bamsay, Tab. List Austr. 
B. 1888, 2; (12) North, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. 1889, 24, pi. YI, fig. 5; (13) Tristr. , 
Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 68; (14) Oates, ed. Hume’s Nests & Eggs 1890, HE, 95; (15) 
Steere, List Coll. B. Philipp. 1890, 8; (16) Wiglesw., Av. Polyn. 1891, 4; (17) 
Biittik. , Zool. Erg. Webers Beise Ost-Ind. 1893, IH, 272; (18) Bickett & H. Slater, 
Ibis 1894, 222; (19) Bourns & Worces., B. Menage Exped. 1894, 33. 
a. Strix longimembris (1) Jerd., Madras Journ. 1839, X, 86. 
h. Scelostrix Candida Kaup; (1) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 145. 
c. Strix amauronota (1) Cab., J. f. 0. 1866, 9; 1872, 316. 
d. Strix pithecops (1) Swinh. , Ibis 1866, 396, 397. 
e. Strix walleri (I) Diggles, Orn. Austr. pt. YH, pi. (1866). 
f. Strix oustaleti (1) Hartl. , P. Z. S. 1879, 295; (2) Sharpe, ib. 1882, 335. 
For further references see Sharpe 5, f 2] Oates 10. 
Figures and descriptions. Jerdon II] Grould IV] Diggles el] Sharpe 5] David & 
Oust. 6] Davison 9] Oates 10^ 14 (egg); North 12 (egg). 
