The throat and abdomen are nicely adorned with dark buff feathers, which have a black brown centre and two to four large round white spots. The large feathers on the flanks are whitish, with a brown shaft line and marked with buff. All the well feathered parts, underneath the feathers are covered by a very thick black down." The colour of bill and feet is reddish brown. Total length, 13½ inches = 345 mm. Desjardins says the specimen he described was killed at the end of October, 1836, in the forest crowning the hills close to "Bamboo Creek." In 1837 several were still seen near "La Savane," and one was killed at Curepipe by Dr. Dobson of the 99th Regiment. This latter is believed to have been one of, if not the last of this species, so we have to thank that excellent naturalist, Desjardins, and Monsieur Jossigny, the companion of Commerson, that we know what this extinct species was like. Habitat: Mauritius. {75} ATHENE MURIVORA MILNE-EDWARDS. _Strix (Athene) murivora_ Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) XIX p. 13 (Art. 3.) (1874). Professor Milne-Edwards described this bird from a tibio-tarsus and a tarso-metatarsus collected in Rodriguez by Sir Edward Newton, and says that he considers it to belong to the genus _Athene_, because the proportions of the tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus agree with those of that genus. The most remarkable specific characters appear to be that the ridge to which the fibula is articulated is stout, and extends very far along the outer edge of the bone. The diaphysis is large and nearly straight; the distal extremity is furnished with two equal condyles separated by a deep channel. _Tibio-tarsus._ Total length 71 mm. Length from proximal extremity to end of peronial ridge 25 " Width of distal extremity 10 " Width of proximal extremity 9 " Width of shaft 4 " _Tarso-metatarsus._ Total length 46 mm. Width at proximal extremity 10 " Width at distal extremity 15 " Width of shaft 5 " Habitat: Rodriguez. {77} SCELOGLAUX RUFIFACIES BULLER. _Sceloglaux rufifacies_ Buller, Ibis 1904, p. 639; id. Suppl. B. New Zealand II, p. 65, pl. VII (1906). Original description: "Adult female: Similar to _Sceloglaux albifacies_, but appreciably smaller; face dull rufous brown, instead of being white; crown and nape blackish brown; entire upper surface strongly suffused with rufous; quills marked with regular transverse bars and a terminal edging of rufous brown; tail-feathers uniform yellowish brown, obscurely barred with pale brown; bill lemon-yellow; feet dull yellow." "Wairarapa district, near Wellington, North Island, in the summer 1868-9."