132 



nmoNiD.T;. 



mandible ; feet and iris as in the European species. Total length 

 lo-o inches, wing 9o, tail 8. 



Adidt femaJe. Similar to the male. Total length 14 inches, wing 

 9-2, tail 7*3, tarsus 1. 



Hab. Js'orth America, to the north of 40° X. lat. 



a. Ad. St. North America. 



b. Ad. St. North America. 



c. Ad. sk. Repulse Bay. 



d. cJ ad. sk. Fort Simpson. 



e. S id. sk. Western side of the Rocky 



Moimtaius. 

 /. 2 ad. sk. "Western side of the Rocky 



Mountains. 

 g. Ad. St. Scotland. 



Admiral Sir G. Back [P.]. 

 J. Rae, Esq. [P.]. 

 Bernard R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 



7. CARINE. Type. 



Noctua, Savif/n. Des'ji: Effi/pte, p. 29 (1809, nee F(d}):) C. glaux. 



Atheue, Boi'e, Ixis, 1822, p. 549 (nee Hilbn.) C. noctua. 



Cariue, Kaup, Natiirl. Sijst. p. 29 (1829) C. noctua. 



1 



1. Wing of Carine noctua, to show long first primaiy. 



2. Nostril of same (from fresh specimen). 



Banqe. Central Europe and aU the countries bordering the iledi- 

 terranean ; N.E. Africa, extending across the desert sub region, through 

 Persia and Central Asia to Northern China ; the whole of India and 

 Burmah. 



Key to the Species. 



(I. Breast and abdomen streaked. 



a'. Face brown, ear-coyerts dark ; general colour 

 of breast brown, mottled with white margins 



to the feathers noctua, p. 133. 



a". General colour browu ; below whitish, 



sti-eaked with browu. ». noctua. 

 b". General colour fawn-rufous ; below piue 

 white, sti-eaked with rufous. 

 a'". Toes scantily coyeredwith hair. /3. ylaux. 

 V". Toes thickly feathered, y. plumipes. 

 b'. Face white, the ear-coyerts scarcely darker; 

 entire under surface white, with a few nar- 

 row reddish streaks spiloe/astra. p. 138. 



