BY DR. T. T. KAUP. 
Wings 163; tail 100-103 mm. long. Nyctale richardsoni , Bp. 
is not different, it is only a little darker, and this is the reason 
that the white spots are more distinct. The character of Prince 
Bonaparte, “ longer tail,” is not correct, as I have seen the original 
specimen of the Zoological Society. 
III. Genus ATHENE, Boie, 
The nostrils on the margin of the swollen cere ; ear orifice small ; 
wings moderately long, with short wing-end* reaching nearly to the 
end of the short tail ; toes naked, with some bristle-feathers ; the 
emarginations on the maxilla not so distinct as in Grlaucidium. 
They are spread over Europe, Asia, and Africa. 
a. Subgenus Cephaloptynx, Kp. — The first quill shorter than 
the tenth ; plumage spotted not banded. 
1. Athene punctulata, G. Gray; Noctua punctulata, Quoy and 
Gaim. Astral. T. 1 fig. 1. — Larger than Ath. noctua , with larger 
head and bill ; front, a stripe over the eye, chin, belly, tarsus and 
inner wing-covers, pure white. Celebes. 
h. Subgenus Athene, Boie. — The first quill as long as the sixth 
or seventh ; quills feebly emarginated ; tarsus not very high ; plu- 
mage spotted ; ear orifice asymmetric. 
t Ath. meridionahs , Kp. ; Noctua meridionalis , Bisso. Hist. 
Kit. de 1 Eur. Mer. iii. p. 32; Noctua glaux , Sav. ; passerina , 
hpp. > Surma noctua , Gr. r. d. Muhle. — Toes with bristly 
feathers, the lower parts with rufous shaft-stripes ; tail with three 
>< low ish dark marginated cross bands. Southern parts of Europe, 
northern parts of Africa. 
• • Ath. noctua, Bp. ; Strix noctua , Betz. ; passerina , Lath., 
emm., Naum.; Gould, pi. 48. — Toes with bristly feathers, which 
°me ladii on each side of the root; tail with four rufous 
yellow cross bands. Europe. 
p 4 ’ ^ f!> ‘ }>rama > GK Gray; Str. brama, Temm. pi. col. 68 ; indica 
tU1 '* klra ?/ Pn sis, Hodgs.— Toes with bristly feathers ; tail with 
the arm-wings ^ ^ en< ^ tho hand-wings which is not covered by 
