152 ATHENE PERSICA. STRIX FLAMMEA. 



§ 475. Four.—'Msmavk, Jutland, 14 May, 1858. From Pastor 

 Theobald's Collection, 1859. 



Taken from one nest in a church-steeple, as above, by Herr J. C. 

 H. Fischer. 



[§ 476. i^o^^r.— North Brabant, 1851. 



These were received by me direct from a correspondent in Holland.] 



[§ 477. 7bo.— Varen, North Brabant, 2 April, 1858. From 

 Mr. J. Baker's Collection.] 



ATHENE PERSICA (VieiUot). 

 SOUTHERN LITTLE OWL. 



[§ 478. Oy.^.— Chemora, Eastern Atlas, 18 May, 1859. From 

 Mr. 0. Salvin's Collection. 



IVIr. Salvin's note respecting this specimen is as follows : — " There were six 

 eggs in this nest, which was brought to our camp at Ain Djendeli by an Arab, 

 with the old bird, which he had caught on the nest alive." 



Mr. Salvin has some remarks on this supposed species in ' The Ibis ' for 

 1859 (p. 190). In the same volimie Mr. Tristram has also some observations 

 (p. 291), whence it appears that, though the light colour of the plumage ob- 

 servable in most specimens of the Little Owl from Algeria is not always 

 characteristic of them, yet these are invariably smaller than Em-opean ex- 

 amples. On this ground, slight though it be, I enter the southern race here 

 under a distinct heading.] 



STRIX FLAMMEA, Linnaus. 

 BARN OWL. 



§ 479. One.— 



This egg was taken by a friend of my brother Charles, who saw 

 the Owl on its nest. 



§ 480. 2'ivo. — Madingley, Cambridgeshire, 1844. 

 From Tom Rawlinson. They were found in a tree at Madingley. 



