MONOGRAPH OF THE OWLS — STRIGIDJE 
4-5 distinct small white cross bands ; lower parts with arrow-like 
black cross bands. Asia and its Archipelago. 
c. Subgenus Pholeoptynx. — Middle toe without the nail half as 
long as the long slender tarsus ; wings long ; the first quill shorter 
than the fourth, the first and second distinctly, third and fourth in- 
distinctly emarginated. 
5. Ath. cunicularia , Bp.— Rufous grey; tarsus If inches long, 
feathered to the toes. South America, San Paulo, &c. 
e . Subgenus T^nioglaux.— The first quill shorter than the 
tenth; the plumage barred ; size of Ath. noctua. They are spread 
over Asia and Africa. 
6. Ath. castaneoptera, Blyth ; Strix castaneoptera , Horsf. ; spa- 
dicea, Reinw.; Temm. PI. Col. 98.— The head rufous, black banded; 
shoulder-covers uniform brown with large white brown marginated 
spots on the margins ; tail with six rufous yellow bands. 
7. Ath. erythroptera , Blyth ; Strix erythroptera , Gould ; perli- 
neata, Hodgs. ; radiata , Tsch. ; undulata, Blyth. — The head 
blackish, with rufous yellow or whitish bands; shoulder- covers 
with very small bands; margins of the wings with larger white 
spots ; tail black, with 9-10 irregular small bands. 
8. Ath. cuculoides, Blyth ; JSJoct. cuculoides , Vig. ; auribarbis, 
Hodgs., Gould, Cent. Him. B. t. 4.— Wing entirely brownish; tail 
with seven cross bands. 
9. Ath. capensis, A. Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. t. 33.— Tail with 
fourteen small rufous bands. 
IV. Genus SURNTA, Dum. 
Nostrils on the margin of the rudimentary cere ; ear orifice small, 
without operculum; bill curved from the cere and covered with 
feathers ; toes more or less thickly feathered ; shafts of the quilb 
strong and stiff. 
a. Subgenus Microptynx ; Glaucidium (Pars), Boie. Fir st 
shorter than the tenth ; 1-4 wing-feathers emarginated ; toes vei ) 
slender, covered with feathers and no bristle-feathers. It re l )lC ' 
sents in its genus the genus Glaucidium. 
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