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Family STKINGOPIDiE. Owl Parrots. 
Genus STRINGOPS, Gray. Endemic. 
Gen. char. Bill higher than broad, slightly compressed, and grooved on the sides ; the culmcn much curved to 
the tip, which is acute ; the lateral margins dentated in the middle ; the lower mandible with the gonys broad, 
rounded, and much grooved longitudinally, and the base of both mandibles covered by the basal feathers, with the 
shaft of each ptolonged into hairs ; the nostrils basal, lateral, large, and rounded. Wings rather short and rounded, 
with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail moderate, weak, and much rounded, with the end of each 
feather rather pointed, and the shafts projecting beyond the web. Tarsi short, robust, and covered with rounded 
scales. Toes unequal, and covered with quadrate scales, except at the end of each toe, where the scales are 
transverse; the claws long, strong, and slightly curved. 
Order STRIGES. 
Family STRIGID.ZE, Owls. 
Genus SPILOGLAUX, Kaup. The Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, China, Japan, the Malay 
Archipelago, Australia, New Zealand, and Madagascar. 
(ten. char. Bill short, partly concealed by the projecting plumes, the sides compressed, the culmen much 
arched to the tip, which is hooked and acute ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and hidden by the frontal plumes. Wings 
rather long and pointed, with the first quill much shortened, the third and fourth quills equal and longest. Tail 
rather long and nearly even. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, and covered with plumes. Toes short, and 
covered with scattered hairs ; the claws long, arched, and acute. 
Genus SCELOGLAUX, Kaup. Endemic. 
Gen. char.— S imilar to Spiloglaux, but distinguished by its more developed tarsi, which are twice the length 
of the middle toe, and thickly feathered in their whole extent. 
Order ACCIPITRES. 
Family FALCOITID^]. Hawks. 
Genus CIRCUS, Lacepede. Most parts of the World. 
Gen. char. Bill moderate, elevated at the base of the culmen and arched to the tip, which is hooked, the sides 
compressed, and the lateral margins festooned ; the nostrils large, oval, and partly concealed by the curved hairs of 
the loies. TJ mgs long, with the third and fourth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail long and rounded on the 
sides. Tarsi long, slender, and compressed, the outer side covered with transverse scales, and the inner with small 
scales. Toes moderate, with the outer one longer than the inner; the claws long, slender, and acute. 
