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Syrnium nuchale Sharpe. 



Rivers Moonda and Ogobai, West Africa collected by DuChaillu. 

 Syrnium woodfordi. (Smith). Cape of Good Hope. 

 Syrnium leptogrammicum. (Temm.) Sumatra. 

 Syrnium newarense. (Hodgs.) Malabar. 

 Syrnium ocellatum Less. India. 

 Syrnium sinense. (Lath.) Java. 

 Syrnium nivicolum Hodgs. India. 

 Syrnium stridulum. (Linn.) (^S. alaco, authors.) 



Specimens from France, Sweden and Algeria. 

 Syrnium nebulosum. (Forst.) 



Specimens from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 

 Syrnium uralense. (Fall.) 



Sweeden, from Kinberg's collection. 

 Syrnium uralense fuscescens. (Tem. and Schl.) 



One specimen from Japan. 

 SCOTIAPTEX cinereum. (Gm.) 



One specimen collected by J. K. Townsend in the Rocky Mts. 

 ScoTiAPTEX cinereum lapponicum. (Retz.) 



One typical specimen from Russia, and another marked " Northern 

 Europe " which is darker with considerable rufous on the hind neck. 

 Nyctala tengmalmi. (Gm.) France. 

 Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni. (Bonap.) 



" Fort Resolution, HudsonBay Terr.," presented by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 

 Nyctala acadica. (Gmel.) 



Pennsylvania and other parts of the United States. Also one 

 from Cassin's collection marked Bogota. 

 Nyctalatinus harrisi (Cass.) 



One specimen which is in all probability the type though it bears 

 no label Avhatever. 

 Megascops scops. (Linn.) 



Specimens from France, Senegal and one from the Himalayas 

 which seems to be identical with European specimens, though it 

 should perhaps be referred to the race pennahis. 

 Megascops scops capensis (Smith.) 



A distinct dark race represented by several specimens from Cape 

 of Good Hope. 

 Megascops scops hendersonii. (Cass.) 



Types. A male and female marked " Off Novo Redonda, came 

 on board." These birds are smaller than any other specimens of 



