THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, 
p. 6, 1899 ; Legge, Emu, VoL I., p. 82, 1902 (Tas.) ; Mathews, Handl. Birds 
Austral., p. 44, 1908 ; Fletcher, Emu, Vol. IX., p. 81, 1909 (Tas.) ; Littler, Handb. 
Birds Tasm., p. 11 , 1910 (Tas.) ; Cheney, Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 205, 1915 (Viet.) ; 
H. L. White, ih., Vol. XV., p. 60, 1915. 
Strix Cyclops Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1836, p. 140, 1837 : New South Wales ; 
id., ih., 1837, p. 99 ; id., S3mops. Birds Austr., pt. ni., pi. 52, fig, 2, 1838. 
Strix novcBhollandicB subsp. castanops Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 2, 1888 ; 
Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 50, 1901 ; D’Ombrain, Emu, 
Vol. IV., p. 128, 1905 (Viet.) 
Tyto novcehollandicB riovixhollandice Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 257, 1912 ; id., 
List Birds Austr., p. 117, 1913. 
Tyto novcehollandice castanops Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 257, 1912 ; Rothschild 
and Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XX., p. 283, 1913 ; Mathews, List Birds Austr., 
p. 117, 1913. 
Tyto novcBhollandim perplexa Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 257, 1912 : East Beverley, 
West Austraha ; Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XX., p. 280, 1913 ; 
Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 117, 1913. 
Tyto 7U)V(s1iollandi(B Urriberli Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 257, 1912 : East 
Kimberley, North-west Australia ; Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XX., 
p. 281, 1913. 
Tyto novcBTwllandicB mackayi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., p. 34, April, 1912 : 
Mackay, Queensland ; Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XX., p. 281, 1913. 
Tyk) novcehollandicB whitei Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., p. 34, April, 1912 : Adelaide, 
South Australia ; Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XX., p. 281, 1913. 
Tyto novmhollandiac riordani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., p. 35, 1912 : Warmambool, 
Victoria ; Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XX., p. 281, 1913. 
Tyto nov(Bhollandi(B mdvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., p. 35, 1912 : Melville I., 
Northern Territory ; Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XX., p. 282, 1913 ; 
Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 117, 1913. 
Tyto gold Mathews, South Austr. Ornithologist, Vol. I., p. 12, 1914 : Pascoe River, North 
Queensland. 
Tyto lon^imemhris domhraini Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., p. 91, Sept. 24, 1912 : 
Victoria. 
? Strix delicatula Hill, Emu, Vol. X., p. 268, 1911 (N.-W.A.) 
Distribution. Austraha ; Tasmania. 
A-diilt fcmoilc. General colour above dark brown or blackish-brown, with white mottlings 
and spear-head or V-shaped markings to the feathers on the hinder-crown, hind- 
neck, back, scapulars and upper wing-coverts, and an admixture of orange-buff 
here and there ; flight-quills irregularly banded with brown and largely toothed with 
white on the inner webs ; middle tail-feathers also banded with brown, becoming 
paler on the outer feathers where the extent of white is much increased ; facial 
disc, which is composed of disintegrated and hair-hke feathers bu%-white, a spot 
in front of the eye and eyelashes black, the feathers on the middle of the crown 
tipped with black, like the collar on the lower throat, and a circular line on the 
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