15. ASIO. 



229 



Adult ma'e. Similar to the female. Total length 14 inches, wing 

 11'5, tail 6-5, tarsus l-t3. 



H<ih. The whole of Europe, ranging across Siberia to Japan and 

 China: Himalayas and N.W. India. Egypt and N.E. Africa in 

 winter. 



b. A 



Pull. sk. 

 Ad. St. 



c. Var. St. 



d. Ad. St. 



e. Ad. St. 

 /. (S ad. sk. 



ff, h. 5 ad. sk. 



;'. Ad. St. 

 h. $ juv. sk. 



/. S ad. sk. 



m. 2 ad. sk. 



n. S juv. sk. 



o. (S 9-d. sk. 



p. 5 ad. sk. 



q. Ad. sk. 



r. (S ad. sk. 

 s. Skeleton. 

 t,u,v. (J 5 skulls. 

 u\ Sterouui. 

 .V. Sternum. 

 I/. Sternum. 



England. 



England. 



England. 



England. 



Oxfordshire. 



Christcburch, Hants, 



Jan. 19, 1874. 

 Avington, Hants, Xov. 



10, 1873. 

 Esse.x. 

 SkSne, S. Sweden, 



Jan. 9, 1874. 

 Skaue, S. Sweden, 



Jan. 9, 1874. 

 SkSne, S. Sweden, 



Feb. 7, 1874. 

 Skane, S. Sweden, 



Feb. 7, 1874. 

 Belgrade, Turkev,March 



27, 1870 ( T. Robsmi). 

 l'etuahore,TurkeY,Dec. 



30, 1870 (T. Robson). 

 Algeria. 

 Grauada, April 1870. 



Rauhe Alp. 



England. 

 England. 

 Eno;land. 



J. Gould, Esq. 



J. Warniford, Esq. [P.]. 

 Col. Montagu [P.]. 

 Bai'on A. von Hiigel [P.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 

 Purchased. 



Pm'cliased. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq [P.J. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



M. A. Bouvier. 



Howard Saimders, Esq. [C.]. 



Purchased. 



Dr. Giinther [C.]. 



T. Ingall, Esq. [P.]. 



W. Yarrell, Esq. [0.1. 



J. Ray, Esq. [P.]. 



Subsp. a. Asio americanus *. 



Strix otus, Wik. Am. Orn. vi. p. 73, pi. 51. fig. 3; Sw. S,- Rich. 



Faun. Bor.-Am. Birds, p. 72 ; Aitdub. B. Amer. pi. ccclxxxiii., et 



Orn. Biogr. iv. p. 572. 

 Otus americanus, Steph. Gen. Zonl. xiii. pt. 2, p. 57 ; Bp. Comp. List 



B. Eur. 8)- X. Amer. p. 7 ; id. Consp. i. p. 50 ; Kaup, Contr. Orn. 



1852, p. 113, et Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 232 ; Dekai/, Zoul. N. T. p. 27, 



pi. xi. fig. 24; Gra;/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 57. 

 Otus wilsoniauus, Zm. Traite, p. 110; Cass. B. Calif, p. 181; Cass. 



in Baird, B. N. Am. p. 53 ; Baird, ed. Cooper, B. Calif, p. 426. 

 Otus vulgaris, Jardine, ed. Wils. Am. Orn. ii. p. 278. 

 Ulula otus, James, ed. JVils. Am. Orn. i. p. 104. 

 Otus wilsonius, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 40. 

 Otus zonm-us, Kaup, Cuntr. Orn. 1852, p. 232 (e.v Gray, MS.) ; id. 



Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 232 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 50. 



* SfrLr pa-egrinnfor of Tiartraru (Trav. Calif, p. 285), allowed by Strickland 

 to be the oldest title of this species, appears lo me to be quite unrecognizable 

 from the description. 



