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Birds of Celebes; Strigidae. 
* 35. STRIX INEXPECTATA Schl. 
Unexpected Owl. 
Strix inexpectata Schl. , Notes Leyden Mus. I, 1878, 50; J. f. 0. 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 hy only 45—55 ram (20—24 lines French) as against 95—115 mm in 
that species; the secondaries crossed with 7, the fii-st primary wth 8 and the others 
with 9 narrower hlack bars; under surface of the wing darker (silvery grey), the 
bars indistinct and (piite obliterated on the first pi’imary ; tail crossed with nine bars; 
tarsi covered with downy feathers down to tlie toes, which are somewhat shorter 
and much more slender than in S. rosenhergi] upper parts very bright rufous, 
unmixed with grey and marked with smaller white sjjots; below deep tawny rufous 
as in the darkest specimens of S. rosenbergi] face darker, as in S. castanops and 
8. novaehoUandiae (“light chestnut, the feathers in front of the eye hlack, the loral 
plmnes also slightly tipped with hlack” — Sharpe, description of 8. castanops, Cat. 
B. n, 305). (Ex Schlegel.) 
Measurements. Wing 258 mm; point of wing 45 — 55; tail 122; tarsus 68; middle toe 36 
(converting the French hues 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. 
36. STRIX CANDIDA Tick. 
Grass Owl. 
Strix Candida (1) Tickell, J. A. S. B. IT, 1833, 572; (II) Jerd., 111. Inch Orn. 1847, pi. 30; 
(3) id., B. Ind. I, 1862, 118; (IV) Gkh, B. Asia pi. 18 (1872); (5) Sharpe, Cat. 
B. n, 1875, 308; (6) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 46; Hume, Str. F. VI, 
1878, 27; (8) Sharpe, P. Z. 8. 1882, 335; (9) Davison, Str. F. X, 1883, 341; 
(10) Oates, B. Brit. Bumah 1883, H, 168; (11) E. P. Eamsay, Tab. List Austr. 
B. 1888, 2; (12) North, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. 1889, 24, pi. VI, fig. 5; (13) Tristr. , 
Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 68; (14) Oates, ed. Hume’s Nests & Eggs 1890, HI, 95; (15) 
Steere, List Coll. B. PhihiijJ- 1890, 8; (16) Wiglesw., Av. Poljm. 1891, 4; (17) 
Blittik., Zool. Erg. Webers Keise Ost-Ind. 1893, HI, 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 Kacip; (1) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 145. 
c. Strix amauronota (1) Cab., J. f. O. 1866, 9; 1872, 316. 
d. Strix pithecops (1) Swinh., Ibis 1866, 396, 397. 
e. Strix walleri (I) Higgles, Orn. Austr. pt. VH, pi. (1866). 
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] Gould /F; Diggles e /; Sharpe 5; David & 
Oust. 6\ Davison 9\ Oates 10, 14 (egg); North 12 (egg). 
