STRIGID^.. 195 



Noctua nyctea, Bnie, Isis, 1822, p. 77'J. — Less. Man. Orn. i. 

 p. 1 10 ; Tr. Orn. p. 101. — Benu. Gard. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 250. 

 — Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 103. — Cuv. Reg. An. e<l. 2. i. 

 p. 3-15. — Jemjas, Brit. Man. p. 93. 



N. nivea, Brehm, Isis, 1834 ; Instit. iii. p. 108. 



Nyctea erminea, Steph. Zool. xiii. pt. 2. p. 63. 



N. ? wapacuthu, Steph. Zool. xiii, pt. 2. p. 63. 



N. Candida, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 21/. — Bonup. Eur. & N. 

 Am. B. p. 6 ; Cat. Ucc. Eur, p. 22 ; Consj). Av. p. 36. — 

 Gray, Gen. B. p. 5 ; ed. 2. p. 7. — Kaup, Monog. Strig. Cent. 

 Orn. 1852, p. 107. 



N. nivea, Gray, Gen. B. fol. sp. 1. pi. 12. f. 2 ; List B. Brit. 

 Mus. p. 86; Gen. & Subgen. Brit, Mus. p. 8. — Cass. B. 

 Calif. &Tex. p. 100. 



Syrnia nyctea, Thomps. Ann. Nat. Hist. i. p. 241 ; iii. p. 107. 

 — Jard. (Wils.) Am. Orn. ii. p. 46. — Mucyill. Rap. B. Brit, 

 p. 348 ; Brit. B. iii. p. 4i)7. — JVatt. B. Irel. p. 27. 



Harfang, Buf\ PI. Enl. 458. 



La Chouette Blanche, Levaill. Ois. Af. pi. 45. — Biif. Ois. ed. 

 Sonn. iv. p. 173. 



Sneuwnil, Sepp, Nederl. Vog. iv. p. 393. 



Great White Owl, Edw. B. pi. 61. 



Wapacuthu Owl, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 231. sp. 1 19. 



Snowy Owl, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 233. sp. 121. 



Habitat. — N. Europe, Shetland, Orkney, Iceland. North Ger- 

 many. North America, lat. 55° N. to Q7° N. (resid.) New- 

 foundland. Canada. Greenland. United States (wint. ace). 

 Melville Island (summ.). 



Genus KETUPA, Lesson. 1831. 



329. KETUPA J AVANENSIS, (Lesson) 1831.— Mus. Strickland, 

 No. 150. Jard., Brit., E. Ind. Comp. 



Strix ketupa, Lath. Gen. Hist. i. p. 323. — Horsf. Linn. Trans, 

 xiii.]). 141 ; Isis, 1825, p. 1056. 



S. ceylonensis, Vig. Raffl. Life, p. 650. — Temm. PI. Col. 74. 



Scops ceylonensis, Less. Man. Orn. i. p. 118. 



S. ketupa, Cuv. Reg. An. ed. 2. i. p. 347. 



