lo. Asio. 227 



1. Asio otus*. 



The Horn Owl, Albin, Birth, ii. pi. 10. 



Le moyen Due ou Le Hibou, Briss. Orn. i. p. 48G ; Bttf. PL Enl. 29. 



Le Hibou d'ltalie, Briss. Orn. i. p. 401. 



Strix otus, Linn. S. X. i. p. 182 ; Ji'ulf S,- Mci/er. J'dff. DeutscJil. Taf. 



to p. IMl ; Viei/l. Faun. Fran^. p."42, pi. 19. fig-. 2; Naum. Tiii/. 



Deiitxchl. i. p. 451, pi. 45. fig. 1 ; Boitx, Orn. Proc. i. p. 71, pi. 47; 



Wcrnrr, Atla.s, Rapaces, pi. 41 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy, Russie 



Mcrid. iii. p. Ill ; Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 117 ; ScM. Vog. Ned. pi. 45 ; 



Stindev. Sr. For/I. pi. xxiv. fig. 1. 

 Otus albicollis, iJaud. Tritite, ii. p. 213. 

 Otus italicus, Daud. Traite, ii. p. 213. 

 Bubo otus, Savif/H. JDe.fcr. EgypU', p. 292. 

 Otus asio. Leach, Syxt. Cat. Mamm. i^-c. B. M. p. 11. 

 Otus em-opreus, Sti'p/i. Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. o7. 

 Otus vulgaris, Flcmimj, Brit. An. p. 5(j ; Gould, B. Eur. pi. 39 ; Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 40; Bp. Consp. i. p. 50; Kaup, Contr. Oni. 1852, 



p. 113 ; id. Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 232 ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. 3Ins. E. 



I. Co. i. p. 20G ; Heicits. Eyijs Br. B. i. p. 55 ; Fritsch, Vik/. Etir. 



Taf. 11. fig. 3; Jauh. et Barfh. Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 81: Schl. 



Mus. P.-B. Oti, p. 2 ; Jcrd. B. Lid. i. p. 125 ; Ikyl cV Gerhe, Oni. 



Eur. i. p. 138 ; Gould, B. Gt. Br. i. pi. xxxi. ; Loche, Ejcp. Sci, 



Alf/er. Ois. p. 06; ILeuql. Oni. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 107; Hume, Hough 



Notes, ii. p. 363 ; Salvad. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 32. 

 Asio otus, Less. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 116; Macc/ill. Brit. B. iii. p. 453; 



StricJd. Orn. Syn. p. 205 ; Nejrf. Ooth. V.'olley. p. 154; id. ed. Yarr. 



Brit. B. i. p. 158; Shelley, B. Eyypt, p. 178. 

 Otus otus, Cucier, Regne An. i. p. 341 ; Schl. Rev. Crit. p. xiv. 

 Ulula otus, Macyill. Brit. B. Raptores, p. 403. 

 Otus communis, Zf.s.s. Trnite,'^.\10. 

 Otus aurita, Rennie, ed. Mont. Orn. Diet. p. 262. 

 Otus sylvestris, Brehm, Vciy. Deufschl. p. 121. 

 Otus ar bore us, Brehm, I. c. p. 122. 

 Otus gracilis, Brehm, I- e. p. 123. 

 JEgolius otus, Keys. S)- Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. xxii ; Borygr. Vogelf. 



Norddeutschl. p. 63. 

 Otus major, Brehm, Naum. 1855, p. 270. 

 Otus minor, Brehm, I. c. 

 Otus assimilis, Brehm, I. c. 

 Otus verus, Finsch, J.f. O. 1859, p. 381. 



* The foUowiug is a species recognized bv Von Heuglin, but at present un- 

 known to me : — 



Asio abyssinicls. 

 Otus abyssiuicus, Giierin-Meiicv. Rc>\ Zool. 1843, p. ."21 ; id.et Lafr. Voy, 

 Abyss'. Zool. iii. Ois. p. ISn. pi. 3 ; Gray, Gcii. B. i. p. 40; Finseh ^-Hartl, 

 Voy. Osfafr. p. Ill, note. 

 Asio abyssinicus, Sfrickl. Orn. Syn. p. 211. 

 ^Egolius montanus, Hciigl. Syst. Uebcrs. p. 89. 

 Otus habessinicus. Hcugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 107. 



Similar to A. otus, but larger, with shorter ear-tufts, the u23per surface of a 

 more obscure sraoky brown, and less wiived with ash-colour : toes half bare ; iris 

 reddish yellow ; bill dusky horn-colour, paler at tip ; toes pale lead-colour ; cere 

 fleshy grey. Total length about 14 inches, wing Tl-l.S, tail r>-4. tarsus 1-7-2. 

 (Heiiy/in.) 



Hub. Abyssinia. 



a 9 



