delicate owl. 
Hartert, in his Vogel der Pal(mr1c. Fauna, Vol. II., p. 109, gives the names 
of the forms of extra European Barn Owls he admits. I extract these, as 
probably the study will prove of interest to my readers : 
Tyto alba guttata (Brehm) 
alba (Scopoli) 
ernesti (Kleinschmidt) 
schmitzi (Hartert) 
gracilirostris (Hartert) 
detorta (Hartert) 
maculata (Brehm) 
recte affinis (Blyth) 
javanica (Gmelin) 
deroepstorffi, (Hume) 
rosenbergi (Schlegel) 
sororcula (Sclater) 
sumbaensis (Hartert) 
meelci (Rothschild and 
Hartert) 
delicatula (Gould) 
lulu (Peale) 
bargei (Hartert) 
pratincola (Bonaparte) 
guatemalce (Ridgway) 
contempta (Hartert) 
perlata (Lichtenstein) 
recte tuidara (Griffiths 
and Pigeon) 
furcata (Temminck) 
punctatissima (Gray) 
nigrescens (Lawrence) 
insularis (Pelzeln) 
North Europe. 
Mediterranean countries through 
France, including the British 
Isles. 
Sardinia. 
Madeira. 
East Canaries. 
Cape Verde Isles. 
Africa. 
India, Java, etc. 
Andamans. 
Celebes. 
Tenimber and Timorlaut. 
Sumba Island. 
British New Guinea. 
Australia. 
Samoa and Tonga. 
Curagao. 
North America. 
Central America. 
West Ecuador and Venezuela. 
Guiana and Brazil. 
Jamaica and Cuba. 
Galapagos Island. 
Dominica. 
St. Vincent. 
S. Domingo, Hayti. 
glaucops (Kaup) 
It will be noticed that almost any island may produce an isolated form, 
and there are a number of “ islands ” on the mainland of Australia, as well 
as off it, as I have continually pointed out, so that we can anticipate a fair 
number of subspecies of this Owl being recognised later in Australia. 
Since the preceding was in print, Brasil (in the Revue Francaise 
d’ Ornithologie, 7 year, p. 202, Jan. 7, 1916) has recorded Tyto alba lulu (Peale) 
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