164 BUBO ASCALAPHUS. 



[§ 533. One. — Kemi Lappmark, 3-9 June, 1860. 



I have had some doubt about admitting this fi%% into my series. The finder 

 was Piety, one of the best collectors in the coimtiy, and for whose judgment 

 and honesty I have a very great respect. He believed it to be that of Pieni (or 

 Hkhu, which means the same thing) Huuhhaja, i. e. Sijrnium lappmiinirn. The 

 nest contained this one e^g only, the others having been hatched, and was in 

 a tree, three ells from the ground. This fact appears to have made him think 

 as he did ; for though he saw the bird, it was at a distance. But instances 

 of Eagle-Owls breeding on trees have been recorded. Here I need only cite 

 one case, on the authority of a most careful observer — the gentleman who pre- 

 fers being known as " An Old Bushman." He states (' Field,' No. 409, Oc- 

 tober 27, 1860, p. .351), "I have seen the nest both in a tree and on a rock." 

 The Lapp Owl would seem to be a somewhat later breeder than Biibo viaximiis, 

 and, as a rule, would hardly, I think, have hatched its brood by the time this 

 egg was taken. Besides, the coarser gi-ain of the shell, which in the egg of 

 the Lapp Owl is usually very fine and close, and its size, 2-29 in. by 1-9, induce 

 me to believe that this is an Eagle-Owl's; while, of twenty-nine eggs of 

 Syrnmm lappmiicum out of my series, the longest measures 2-26 in., and the 

 widest 1-81, the average of the whole being 2-054 in. by 1-608. The 

 shortest egg of Buho maximtis that I possess measures 2-19 in., and the nar- 

 rowest 1-67.] 



\jj 533. Three. — Rota-jarwi-pahta, Rowa, East Bothnia. 11 

 May, 1861. 



Brought to Muoniovara, 1.3th May, by Punsi, who said that they were those 

 of the great Huuhkaja, which he himself saw. He found them, as stated above, 

 on the south side of a cliff about half a mile from his house.] 



[^ 534. One.—" South Russia." From Herr A. Heinke, of 

 Kamuschin, through Dr. Albert Giinther. 1863.] 



BUBO ASCALAPHUS, Savigny. 

 EGYPTIAN EAGLE-OWL. 



[^ 535. One. — Pyramids of Dashoor, Central Egypt. 3 April, 

 1863. " J. H. C." From Mr. H. Cochrane's Collection, 

 through Mr. Leadbeater. 



This Mr. Cochrane accompanied Mr. S. S. Allen, of whom mention has 

 before been made in these pages (§ 181 and § 326). I believe they did not 

 find any other large Owl in Egypt. They got plenty of skins of this one, 

 several of which I saw, all unmistakeably li. usculaphus.'] 



