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240 FALCO ( CERCHNEIS) CENCHROIDES.—NANKEEN KESTREL (261). 
G. 1, 13 ; H. 13 ; M. 257/8 ; A., T., N.Z.* 
F. cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, T.L.S., 15, 183, 1827 ; N.S.W. 
a C. immaculata Brehm, Isis, 5, 357, 1845 ; N.S.W. 
b G. unicolor Milligan, Emu, 4, 1, 1904 ; W.A., Yalgoo (a sport), 
c C. c. milligani M., Nov. Zool., 18, 253, 1912 ; N.W.A., Parry’s Cr. 
Family PANDION1D/E : OSPREYS, FISH-HAWKS. 
G. PAN DION Sa vigny, Descr. Egv. Hist. Nat., 1, G9, 1 809 ; mon., =F. haliaetus 
241 PAN DION HALIAETUS.—OSPREY (FISH-HAWK) (262). 
G. 1 , 6; II. 6 ; M. 259 ; cos. exc. S.S.Am. & Pac. Is. ; A., T. 
Falco haliaetus Linnc, Svs. Nat., 91, 1758 ; Sweden. 
a Buleo cristatus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist, Nat,, 4, 481, 1816 ; = T. 
b P. leucocephalus (not “ N.F.,” 1835) G., Syn. B. of A., 41 , 1838 ; T. 
c P. h, melvillensis M., A.A.R., 1, 34, 1912 ; N.T., Melville I. 
Order STRIGIFORMES : NOCTURNAL BIROS OF PREY, OWLS. 
Family STRIGHEE: HAWK-OWLS. 
0 NINON Hodgson, Madras Jour. Lit. Sci., 5, 23, 1837 ; mon., N. negmlensis. 
Spiloglaux Kaup, Isis, 10, 768, 1848 ; s.d., Strix boobook. 
II ieracoglaux Kaup, ib.; s.d., Falco connivens. 
Bhabdoglaux Bonaparte, Revue Mag. de Zool., 2, 543, 1854 ; s.d., S. 
Berneyorms M., 1L of A., 5, 305, 1916 ; mon., Athene strenua. [humeralis. 
242 NINOX ( SPILOOLAUX ) BOOBOOK.—BOOBOOK OWL (263/4/6). 
G. 1,32; H. 35/6; M . 261 ; A. 
Strix boobook La., Index Orn. Sup., 15, 1801 ; N.S.W. 
a Athene marmorata G., P.Z.S. 1846, 18 ; S.A. 
b N. 6. halmaturina M., Nov. Zool., 18, 254, 1912 ; S.A., Kangaroo I. 
c Spiloglaux b. tregellasi M., ib., 2, 74, 1913 ; V., Franks ton. 
d S. novcc-scdandice everardi M., B. of A., 5, 332, 1916 ; N.S.A., Everard Ra. 
243 NINOX (SPILOGLAUX) OCELLATA.—NORTHERN BOOBOOK OWL. 
M. 260 ; N.G., N.W.A.-N.Q. 
Athene ocellata Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., 1, 42, 1850; = N.W.A. 
a N. boobook mixta M., Nov. Zool., 18, 255, 1912 ; N.W.A., Parry’s Creek, 
b N. 6. melvillensis 11., A.A.R., 1, 34, 1912 ; N.T., Melville I. 
e A r . 6. macgillivrayi ^1., ib., 194, 1913 ; N.Q., C. York. 
244 NINOX (SPILOGLAUX) LURIDAi.—RED BOOBOOK OWL. 
M. 262 ; N.E.Q. 
N. lurida De Vis, Rep. Sci. Exp. N.E.Q., 31, 1889 ; N.Q. 
a S. boweriM., A.A.R., 2, 74, 1913 ; N.Q., Cairns. 
245 NINOX ( SPILOGLAUX ) NOV>E-SEELANDLE.—SPOTTED OWL (265). 
G. I, 33 ; H. 37 ; M. 263 ; N.S.W., Vic., T., N.Z. 
Strix novai-seelandice Gmelin, Sys. Nat., 1, 296, 1788 ; N.Z., Qn. Charlotte Sd. 
a Noctua maculata (not Kerr 1792) Vig. & Hors., T.L.S., 15,189,1827 ; T. 
b Sp. boobook clelandi M., A.A.R., 2, 74, 1913 ; Flinders I., Bass Str. 
o Sp. b . leachi M., ib ., 1913 ; Vic. 
d Sp. n. tasmanicaN., ib., 3, 70, 1917 ; T. 
. t Having examined sevrral specimens, including the type, I consider this only a dark race 
inhabiting the Queensland scrubs, not a distinct species.—W. B. ALEXANDER. 
