I, 2. Europe ? from the Rivoli collection. 



3. Adult, New Jersey, from Mr. Cassin's collection. 



4. younger. Presented by J. Trudeau, M. D. 



5. Adult female, New Jersey. 



IV. Subfamily ATHENINjE. 

 1. Genus ATHENE, Boie. 



1. ATHENE NocTUA, (Retzius.) Gould's B . of EuT . pi. 1-8. 



Strix noctua, Retzius. Fauna Suecica, p. 85. 

 "Strix passerina, Gm." Temm. Man, i. p. 93. 

 "Strix passerina, et accipitrina, Linn." Meyer Tasch. i. p. 81. 



Strix nudipes, J\'iUson. Orn. Suec. p. 68, pi. 2. 



Noctua glaux, Savigny. Egypte. 



1 , 2. Adult, Europe, from the Rivoli collection. 



3. Adult female, Algiers, from the same. 

 4, 5. Adult, France. 



2. ATHENE PASSERINA, (Linn.) Gould's B. of Eur. pi. 50. 



Strix passerina, Linn. Syst. Js^it. i. p. 133. Faun. Suec. p. 26. 

 Strix pusilla, Dcmdin. Traite. d'Orn. ii. p. 205. Le Vaill. Ois. 



d'Jlf.'jA.^Q. 

 Strix pygmaea, Bechstein. JVat. Lent. ii. p. 978. 

 "Strix acadica, Linn." Temm. Man. i. p. 96. 



1. Adult, Europe, from the Rivoli collection. 



3. ATHENE PASSERiNOiDEs, (Temm.) PL col. 344. .dud. B. of Am. 



pi. 432. 

 Strix passerinoides, Temm. PI. col. ii. p. (liv. 58.) 



1. Adult?" New Grenada, from the Rivoli collection. 



2. Adult ? Brazil, from the same. 

 3, 4, 5. South America, from the same. 



4. ATHENE puMiLA, (IHig.) Temm. PI. col. 39. 



"Strix pumila, llliger." Temm. Pi. col. ii. p. (liv. 7.) 

 Strix pumila, Lickt. Cat. Dup. Ber. Mus. p. 60. 

 Strix ferox, Vieiil. Mouv. Did. vii. p. 22. 

 Strix minutissima, de Wied. Beifrage zur JVat. Bras. iii. p. 242. 



1,2. St)uth America, from the Rivoli collection. 



5. ATHENE SI.IU, (D'Orb.) De la Sagra^s Cuba, Ois. pi. 3. 



Noctua siju, D^Orbigny. De la Sagra^s Hist, de Pile de Cuba, Orn. 

 p. 33. 



1. Adult, Cuba. Presented by Richard C. Taylor, Esq. 



6. ATHENE FERRUGiNEA, (de Wied.) Temm. PI. col. 199. 



Strix ferruginea, de Wied. Beit. Jfut. Bras. iii. p. 234. 



