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White Barn own, spots under.
9:2
Tyto alba lulu (Peale)
Range.- Polynesian Islands, Aneiteum,
Loyalty Island (Lifu, Maré), New
Caledonia.
Description.- As in southern New
Hebrides, but whiter and less spotted.
Collecting.- Brasil has separated
the Lifu bird as lifuensis, as dif-
fering from lulu by the absence of the
black spots on the under parts. I
have shown in Amer. Mus. Novit.,
No. 8281 that this subspecies cannot
stand. It is desirable to have a
series from Lifu to learn the extent
of individual variation.
Native name: Méa (Lifu), Mené (Maré).