3. Genus OTUS, Cuvier. 



1. OTUS vuLGAPas, Fleming. Brit. .7n. p. 56. Selhy, Brit. Orn. pi. 



20. 

 Strix otus, Linn. Syst. Aat. i. p. 132. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 39. 

 Otus albicollis, Daudin. Orn. ii. p. 213. 

 Strix deniinuta, Pallas. Trav. Russ. ii. p. 707 ? 

 Otus europeus, Stephens. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 57. 

 Otus communis, Lesson. Tr. d^Orn. i. p. 110. 

 Otus sylvestris, arboreus et gracilis, Brehm. Vijg. Deuis. p. 121. 



1,2, 3, 4. Adults, France, from the Rivoli collection. 

 5, 6. younger, Europe, from the same. 

 7. very young, Europe, from the same. 



2. OTUS wiLSONiANUs, Less. Traite d'Orn. i. p. 110. Wilson, Jim. Orn. 



pi. 51, fig. 3. 

 Otus americanus, Bonap. Comp. List. p. 7. 

 Strix peregrinator, Bartram. Trav. p. 289 ? 



1. Adult female, near Chester, Penna., from Mr. Cassin's 



collection. 



2. Adult, near Philadelphia. Presented by J. K. Town- 



send, M. D. 



3. OTUS MExicANUs, Gm. Jlud. B. of Am. pi. 412. 



Strix mexicana, Gmelin. Syst. .Nat. i. p. 288. 

 Strix americana, Gm. Syst. JS'at. i. p. 288 ? 

 Strix longirostris, Spix. Av. Bras. pi. 9. 

 Bubo clamator, Vieill. Ois, d'Am. Sept. pi. 20. 



1, 2. Adult females, Bahia, from the Rivoli collection. 



3. younger, from the same. 



4. Adult male, Cayenne. 



5. Adult, Surinam. Presented by C. Hering, M. D. 



4. OTUS MADAGASCARlENsis, A. Smith. Cat. S. Af. Mus. 



1. Male, Madagascar, from the Rivoli collection. 



5. OTUS BRACHYOTUS, (Gm.) Gould^s B. of Eur. pi. 40. Wilson, Am. 



Orn. pi. 33, f. 3. 

 Strix brachyotos et accipitrina, Gmelin. Syst. JVat. i. p. 289. 

 Strix fEgolius et ulula, Pallas. Zoos;, i. p. 309, 322. 

 Strix caspia, Shaw. (icn. Zoo. rii. p. 272. 

 Strix tripennis, Schrank. Fauna Boica- 

 Strix arctica, Sparrman. Mus. Carlson. 

 Strix brachyura, .JVillson. Fauna Stiecica, p. 62. 

 Otus palustris et agrarius, Brehm. Vog. Deuts. p. 124. 



1, 2, 3. Adult, France, from the Rivoli collection. 



4. Male, France, from the same. 



5. very young, France, from the same. 



6. Adult, Europe. Presented by A. L. Heerman, M. D. 



