236 ACCIPITRES. 



Genus SYRNIUM. 

 Savigny, Dcscr. dc I'Egypte, p. 298 (1S09). 



Syrnium aluco. 



Stricc aluco, Linnasus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 132 (1706). 



Syrnium aluco, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 247 (1875). 



The Tawny Owl. 



Ilab. Europe. 



1085. Skeleton. 0. C. 1605 a. Yarrell Collection. 



1086. Skeleton of female. 0. C. 1605 d. 



From the Zoological Society. 



1087. Sknll. Purchased. 



1088. Cranium. 0. C. 1605 c. Purchased. 



1089. Sternum, \vit]i riolit coracoid and scapula. S. S. 823. 



Purchased. 



Syrnium nebulosum. 



Strix nehidosa, Forster, Phil. Trans, xxii. p. 386 (1772). 

 Syrnium nebulosion, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 257 (1875). 



The Baured Owl. 



Hab. Eastern region of the United States. 



1090. Sternum. S. S. 1278. 



Presented hij the Smithsonian Instittdlon. 



Genus NYCTALA *. 

 Brehm, Isis, 1828, p. 1271. 



Nyctala tengmalmi. 



Sirix tencjmalmi, Gmeliu, Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1788). 



hhjctala tciKjmahni, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 284 (1875). 



Tengmalm's Owl. 



Ilah. jS". Europe to Siberia, and North America. 



* Cf. R. Collett, " On the; Asymmetry of the Skull in Strix tciKjmuhni,'" 

 P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 7o9-74-"3, cum figg. 



