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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Arts de la Reunion^ 13 Avril, 1866. Idem, M^m. Sclent, pp. 59-63. Referred 
to Nisus [sc. Accipiter\ H. Sclilegel, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 420. Possibly iden- 
tical witli Accipitcr lantzi (vide supra), F. E. GiuSrin-M^neville, R. Z. 1867, 
p. 160. 
Nisus [sc. Accipitcr'] mada(/ascariensis is the female or young of N. fran-i 
cesi. Sclilegel, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 420, and N. T. D. lii. p. 302. 
Nisus [sc. Accipite?'] undidivcnter and N. [A.] tachiro are only local races 
of the same species, as also are N. s^jhenurus (of which N. (juttatus^ Heugl., is 
the young), A. hrachydactylus, A. polyzonoideSy and A, badius. Idem, op. cit. 
pp. 359-362. 
ClimacoccTcus [s. Micraster] zonothorax is described as a new species from 
the coast-region of New Granada. It is somewhat larger and has a thicker 
bill than Sparvius nt^collis, Yieill. The red-brown above is darker j and be- 
neath, the throats only are alike. Tlie rest of the under parts, except the 
breast, are waved transversely with black on a whitish ground, these dark 
cross markings being much broader in the new species. J. Cabanis, J. f. 0. 
1865, pp. 406, 407*. 
Striyiceps cineraceus, observations on its different plumages, habits, and 
mode of breeding : c? et $ juv. figured. F, B, de Montessus, R. Z. 1865, 
pp. 369-389, pis. 25, 26, 
Strigim. 
Niemeyer, W. Ueber die Nalimng unserer Eulen. Zoolog. 
Garten, 1866, pp. 366-369. 
The author records his own observations on this question, which has 
already attracted the notice of Dr. Altum and others (Zool. Rec. ii. p. 92). 
Scojys rutilus, Pucheran, is the red varietv of S, menadensis. II. Sclilegel, 
P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421. 
Bubo maximuSy with young, is figured, J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. part x. 
Strix haasti is mentioned as a new species seen in Canterbury, New Zealand, 
but apparently not yet captured. It is as large ns Circus youldi and of dark- 
brown plumage. W. Duller, Ess. Orn. N. Zeal. p. 7. 
Strix Jlammca, its economic value, B. Altum, Zoolog. Garten, 1866, 
pp. 410-413. Observation^ on its food, A. J. Jiickel, ibid. pp. 456-464. Oc- 
currences of the dark-coloured variety in England, H. Doubleday, Zoologist, 
S. S. p. 622. Figured, C. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixxi. fig. 1. 
Strix pithecops is described as a now species from Formosa, nearly ailed to 
S, candiduy but differing from Dr. Jerdon’s description of that bird by having 
a white ruff and other peculiarities. R. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, pp. 396, 397. 
Strix walleri is described and figured as a new species from Brisbane, 
Queensland, much larger than S. delicatida. S. Diggles, Orn. Austral, 
part vii, 
Strix noctua is figured. C. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixxi. fig. 2. 
Noctua antensis appears to be described as a new species from the Am 
Islands, and the first member of the family found there. It resembles N. 
franzcni (Zool. Record, ii. p. 94), but is much larger. II. Schlegol, N. T. 1). 
iii, p, 329. 
Athene boohooky the head is figured, S. Diggles, Orn. Austral, part ii. 
* Not published till 1866. 
