750 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [V.-lX. 



1875. SnARPE, E. B. Catalogue | of the | Striges, | or | Noctvu'ual Birds of Prey. I in 

 the I collection | of the | British Museum. | By R. Bowdler Sharpe. | Loudou: 

 I printed by order of the Trustees. | 1875. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. i-sii,'l-32G, p.l. 

 i-xv, and numberless cuts in text. 



This is the second vol. of the new Catalogue of the Birds of the British Museoni, entitled 

 as follows : Catalogue | of the | Birds | of the | British Museum. [ Volume II. | London : | 

 printed bv order of the Trustees. |'1875. It catalogues 1.090 specimens of Owls, of which 

 there are in the Museum 153 species, leaving 37 desiderata of the 190 spp. supposed to be 

 known. The plan of the work, as was that on the Falconidce, which forms Vol. I. is much 

 more highly developed than was that of the old Brit. Mus. Catalogues, being in fact a con- 

 siderable monograph of the birds of which the work treats. The author legards the Striges 

 as an order, which he divides into two families, Buhonidce and Strigidce, according to the 

 structure of the feet and sternum; the latter famUy containing only the genera Strix ("Bam 

 Owls") and Phodilus. The Subonidce are divided into the two subfamilies, Buhoninoe and 

 Symiince, according to the striictuie of the ear-conch and facial disc. Analyses of all the 

 genera are given, and the species are very elaborately described, with extensive synonymy, 

 geographical distribution, and critical comment. Fourteen genera of Buhonince and three of 

 Symiince are recognized. Analytical keys to the species, as well as to the genera, are pre- 

 sented. "Whatever may be said of the author's general attitude in classification, and in dis- 

 crimination of species, his work is obviously very carefuUy and faithfull.v done. 



The following appear to be new names: Scops stictonotus, p. 54; S. rvfipennis,yi. 60; S. 

 bouruensis, p. 73; S. albiventris, p. 78; <S. guatemalce, p. 112; Syrniiim spilonotum ('Gray, 

 descr. nulla'"), p. 277. 



The plates are as follows : I, Scotopelia bouvieri. U, Btibo shelleyi. HI, f. 1, Scops capensis; 

 {.2,S. stictonotus. TV, {.1,S. malayantte; f. 2, S. gymnopodus. Y, S. magicus. YI,S. leuco- 

 spUus. VII, f. 1, S. morotensis; f. 2, S. bouruensis. VIU. f. 1, ,S'. albiventris; f. 2, S. menda- 

 nensis. IX, S. guatemalce. X, ,S'. hypogramma. XI, f. 1, Xinux hantu; f. 2, N. ochracea. 

 'KJJ.,f.l, K.fusca; {.2,X. squamipila. XIII, f. 1, Glaucidium cobanense; f. 2, G. tephronotum. 

 ilV, Strix flammea. 



1875. " Speotyto Floridajtus." Adventures of a Scientific 0\v1. <^Am.Sporisman, 

 V, Mar. 27, 1875, p. 401. 



Humorous history of Speotyto fioridanus. The bird, confined in the Smithsonian Tower, 

 destroyed the tyjje specimen Helminthophaga leucobronchialis ; cf. CouES, B. C. Y.. pt. i, 

 1878, p. 213. 



1875. "Wolverene." My Owl [Scops asio], etc. <^Am. Sportsman, r, 167b, Feh. 20, 



p. 347. 



1876. Anon. [Nyctea nivea unusually abundant at Boston.] <^ Forest and Stream, 



vii, Nov. 23, 1876, p. 245. (See p. 261.) 

 1876. Anon. [Nyctea nivea at Norfolk, Va., and in South Carolina. ] <^ Forest and 



Stream, vii, Dec. 7, 1876, p. 276. (See pp. 245, 261. ) 

 1876. Boies, A. H. A Wary O-^vl [Nyctea nivea?]. < Bod and Gun, ix, Nov. 25, 1876, 



p. 116. 

 1876. " Cau." The Snowj O'wls [at Boston]. < Forest and Stream, -vii, Nov. 30, 1876, 



p. 261. (See p. 245.) 

 1876. Clark-Kennedy, A. J. Barn Ovrl and Shre^w. <I^ZooJogist, 2d ser. , xi. May, 1876, 



pp. 4922, 4923. 

 1876. Dunbar, S. M. Bad Place for O-wls. < Bod and Gun, ix, Nov. 25, 1876, p. 116. 



Various species at Baldwinsville, jS". T. 

 1876. Gatcombe, J. Occurrence of the Snowy Owl on Dartmoor. < Zoologist, 2d 



ser., xi, May, 1876, pp. 4921, 4922. 

 1876. Gurnet, J. H., .Tr. Claws of the Hawk Owl. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., si, Feb., 



1876, p. 4795. 

 1876. GuRNEY, J. H., Jr. Bam Owl and Shrew. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., xi, Apr., 1875, 



p. 4871. 

 1876. GuRNEY, J. H., Jr. Barn Owl and Rat. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., xi, Apr., 1876, p. 



4871. 

 1876. GURNEY, J. H., Jr. On the Snowy Owl Nesting in Confinement. <C Zoologist, 



2d ser., xi, Aug., 1876, pp. 5041, 5042. 



