MONOGRAPH OF THE OWES —JSTRIOID^E 
oil the margin of the inner webs only, and some more yellowish on the 
outer webs ; breast and belly white, with rather broad brown bars. 
Diagnosis taken from the specimen in the Paris Museum. Asia. 
I. jacquinoti ; Ath . jacquinoti, Homb. and Jacq. Voy. au Pole 
Sud. t. iii. 2. — Chin white with a reddish-brown black banded col- 
lar; belly yellowish- white. Solomon Island. Specimen in the Paris 
Museum. 
3. I. variegatus ; Noctua variegata , Quoy and Gaim., Voy. Astral. 
Ois. t. 1, 2. — Wings 194-198; tail 114-120 mm. long; tail with 
ten light narrow bands ; breast and belly with three rusty brownish 
bands on each feather. New Ireland. 
b. Subgenus, Spiloglaux. — The first quill longer than the 
tenth ; the first to the fifth emarginated on the inner web ; wing with 
pretty long wing-end; toes shorter than the tarsus; bill more curved 
and not so much projected as in the other subgenera. It is certain 
that they are more sleepy than the others. Mostly inhabitants of 
New Holland. 
4. I. bubuk ; Stir, boobooh, Lath. ; Athene ocellata , Homb. and 
Jacq. Voy. t. 3, fig. 2. — Head 55-58; wing 217-241; tail 140- 
150 mm. long. 
5. I. fuscus ; Strix fusca, Vieill; maugei , Temm. PI. Col. — 
Head 51 ; wing 212 ; tail 117 ; tail with nine whitish bands. Porto 
Rico. 
6. /. maculatus ; Noctua maculata , Vig. and Horsf. ; Gould 
Austr. Birds, tom. i. — Head 58; tail 120 mm. long; tail with six 
whitish bands. 
7. I. marmoratus ; Athene marmorata , Gould Austr. birds, tom. l. 
— The occiput, neck, margin of the shoulder-covers, and the infe- 
rior middle of the small feathers of the wings white, on the outer 
web spotted ; the total colouring on the upper parts light ash 
brown. 
8. I. novce seelandice ; Strix novce seelandice , Quoy and Gann- 
Astral. — Upper parts nearly black; wings 204; tail 117-129 mm. 
long. 
c. Subgenus Sceloglaux. — With more projected bill ; first to 
fifth quills emarginated on the inner web ; the first a little lon- 
ger than the tenth ; tarsus very high, twice as long as the middle 
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