154 ASIO OTUS 



called Madracen, situated about two-thirds of the way between Con- 

 stantine and Batna, a little to the east of the road. Mr. Salvin's nests 

 were found in holes of trees — generally Terebinth [Pistacia atlan- 

 tica] . Strix noctua is also there, but is an earlier breeder, its eggs 

 being half incubated when those of the Scops are laid. Several of 

 the latter were brought with the birds, but not so in the case of 

 this nest. 



[Mr. Salvin's notes on this species, as observed in the Eastern Atlas, are 

 recorded in ' The Ibis,' vol. i. pp. 190, 191.] 



^ 490. One. — Madracen, Eastern Atlas, 3 June, 1857. From 

 Mr. W. H. Simpson's Collection. 



[§ 491. One, — Madracen, Eastern Atlas, 4 June, 1857. From 

 Mr. 0. Salvin's Collection. 



Brought to Mr. Salvin by an Arab. 



Mr. Salvin's general observations are referred to above (§ 489).] 



ASIO OTUS (Linnseus). 

 LONG-EARED OWL. 



§ 492. One.— 10 May, 1840. "J. D. S." From Mr. J. D. 



Salmon's Collection. 



§ 493. One. — Hackness Wood, Yorkshire, 1851. 



§ 494. O^e.— Scotland (?). From Mr. W. Dunbar's Collection. 



§ 495. One. — Hockwold, Norfolk. From Mr. Newcome's Col- 

 lection, 1852. 



^ 496. i^o^^r.— Elveden, 2 March, 1852. "Bird seen. E. N." 



[Three of these eggs were formerly given to Mr. WoUey. They were 

 found by my brother Edward as above. The nest was an adaptation of an 

 old Squirrel's " drail," built in a spruce. The eggs in it were arranged after 

 this manner, OOO- ^^ the 10th April, in the preceding year (1851), my 



