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Order 8TRIQIF0RMES Family TYTONID^. 
No. 321. 
TYTO NOV^HOLLANDI^. 
MASKED OWL. 
(Plates 269, 270, 271 and 272.)* 
Strix ? Nov.®HOLLANDi^ Stephens, in Shaw’s Zool., Vol. XIII., pt. n., p. 61, 1826 : 
Australia =New South Wales. 
Mouse Owl, Latham, Gen. Hist, Birds, Vol. I., p. 358, 1821. 
Strix ? novcehollandice Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIII., pt. n., p. 61, 1826 ; 
Strickland, Ornith. Synon., p. 181, 1855 ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 64, 
1865 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. II., p. 303, 1875 ; id., Ornith. Miscell. 
(Rowley), Vol. II., p. 15, 1876 ; Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Bond.) 1875, 
p. 380 (Q.) ; id., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol II., p. 178, 1878 ; id.. Tab. List 
Austr. Birds, p. 2, 1888 ; id.. Oat. Austr., Striges, p. 1, 1890 ; North, Austr. Mus. 
Cat., no. 4, p. 1, 1898 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 6, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and 
Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 50, 1901 ; Le Souef, Emu, Vol. II., p. 86, 1902 
(N.T.) ; D’Ombrain, ih., p. 184, 1903 (Viet.) ; Le Souef, ih., Vol. III., p. 113, 
1903 (Tas.) ; H’Ombrain, ih., Vol. IV., p. 126, 1905 (Viet.) ; Mathews, Handl. 
Birds Austral., p. 44, 1908; Batey, Emu, Vol. IX., p. 241, 1910 (Viet.); Crossman, 
ih., Vol. X., p. 112, 1910 (N.-W.A.) ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., no. 1, 
Vol. III., p. 314, 1912. 
Strix 'personata (not Daudin 1800) Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1831, p. 60 : Australia 
==New South Wales ; Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. m. (pi. 51, fig. 1), 1838 ; 
id.. Birds Austr., Vol. I., pi. 29, 1848 ; Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 54, 
1850. \ 
Strix castanops Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1836, p. 140, 1837 : Tasmania ; id., Synops. 
Birds Austr., pt. ni. (pi. 51, fig. 2), 1838 ; id.. Birds Austr., Vol. I., pi. 28, 1848 ; 
Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 54, 1850 ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., 
Vol. I., p. 62, 1865 ; Higgles, Ornith. Austr., pt. xm., 1867 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus., Vol. II., p. 304, 1875; id., Ornith. MisceU. (Rowley), Vol. II., p. 17, 
1876 (Tas.); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. IL, p. 178, 1878; Legge, 
Papers Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm. 1886, p. 237, 1887 (Tas.) ; id., ih., 1887, p. 85, 1888 
(Tas.) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 2, 1888 ; id.. Cat. Austr., Striges, 
p. 4, 1890 ; North, Austr. Mus. Cat., no. 4, p. 4, 1898 ; HaU, Key Birds Austr., 
* Plates lettered Tyto novcehollandice ; Tyto castanope ; Tyto himberli ; Tyto melvillensis. 
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