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pally to the smaller end. Length (A) 2-07 x 1-57 inch ; (B) 2-05 
x l - 55 inch. 
Another set taken by Mr. Bennett on the 28th of November, 
the female of which was shot from the nest, are rounded in form, 
of a dull white, one specimen (A) being blotched towards the 
smaller end with dark umber-brown, freckles and dots of the same 
colour being evenly dispersed over the remainder of the shell; the 
other specimen (B) is thickly mottled and marked all over, but par¬ 
ticularly towards the larger end with indistinct fleecy markings 
of dull reddish-brown, where also a few obsolete markings of dull 
purple appear. Length (A) DS7 x 1-58 inch : (B) 1-83 x 1-56 
inch. In the eggs of this species there is great variation in their 
size, shape, and the colour and disposition of their markings. They 
closely resemble some of the varieties of Aquila vtbrphnoides, and 
llaliastur sphenurus, but are much smaller. 
Ilab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, 
Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 
and South Australia, West and South-west Australia. (Ramsay.) 
NINOX MACULATA, Vigors & Jlorsfield. 
Spotted Owl. 
Gould, Ilandbh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 37, p. 76. 
For an opportunity of examining an egg of this species I am 
indebted to Mr. E. D. Atkinson of Tablo Cape, Tasmania. Like 
its near ally N. boobook, it deposits its eggs in the hollow limb of 
a tree. The egg is rounded in form, dull white, the texture of the 
shell being fine and slightly glossy ; in the specimen examined a 
few small limy excrescences appear on either end of the shell. 
Length 1 58 x 1 '37 inch. Mr. Atkinson states the above specimen 
is one of a set of four taken by Mr. Massey at Bridgewater, 
Tasmania, on the 7th of October, 1886. 
Ilab. Wide Bay District, New South Wales, Victoria and South 
Australia, Tasmania. (Ramsay.) 
