238 



IlUIiONID^. 



e'. Inim. sk. 

 /'. I mill. sk. 

 (/'. Skeleton. 

 ■/(■. Skull. 

 /'. Sternum. 

 A-'. Sternum. 

 /'. Sternum. 

 ni',n',o'. Steriiums. 



Shaiifrliai. 

 Siberia. 

 Eiiylaiul. 

 S. CTormaiiy. 



— Webb, E.sq. [P.l 

 ]Moscow Museum [P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Dr. Giintlier [C.]. 

 W. Yarrell, Esq. [P.]. 

 T. lugall, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. Hay, Esq. [P.]. 

 Purchased. 



sk. 



q'. Ad. St. 

 ;•'. Jiiv. St. 

 s'. J ad. sk. 

 f. Ad. sk. 

 «'. Juv. sk. 



r'. Ad. st. 

 tv',x'. Ad. sk. 

 ?/', z'. Juv. sk. 

 a, 13. Juv. .sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 

 S. Ad. sk. 

 €, C Ad. sk. 

 i;. Ad. .sk. 

 e. Ad. sk. 

 I. Ad. St. 



K. Ad. sk. 



X. Ad. St. 

 fx, V. 5 ad. sic. 



f Juv. St. 

 o. Ad. St. 

 ■n. c? ad. sk. 



^. As'w cassini. 



" At sea, after passing 

 the Aleutian Isles, 

 300 miles off land." 



North America. 



North America. 



North America. 



Arctic America. 



Fort Simpson, Sept. 15, 

 1861. 



Canada. 



British Col umbia . 



British Columbia. 



Siimass Prairie, B. C. 



^^alley of Mexico. 



Bogota. 



Chili. 



C^hili. 



Province of Colchagua. 



Falkland Lslands. 



Falkland Islands. 



Falkland Islands. 

 Berkeley Sound, Falk- 

 lands; April 1842. 



Capt. Kellett [P.]. 



Hudson's Bay Co. [P.]. 

 Admiral Sir George Back [P.]. 

 Lord Odo Russell [P.]. 

 John Ray, Esq. [P.]. 

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



Mrs. Mauger [P.]. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [C." 



J. K. Lord. Esq. [C." 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [C; 



M. A. Bouvier. 



M. A. Bouvier. 



Purchased *. 



E. C. Reed, Esq. [C.]. 



E. C. Reed, Esq. [C.]. 



Sir W. Burnett and Admiral 



Fitzroy [P.]. 

 Capt. Kellett and Lieut. Wood 



[R]. . 

 Antarctic Expedition [C.]. 

 Antarctic Expedition [C]. 



y. Asia f/(dap(iffeiisis. 



Galapagos Islands 



(iJarwi)i) . 

 Galapagos Islands. 



Indefatigable Island, 

 August 24, 1869. 



Zoological Society. Type of 



Ofus f/alapaf/oensis. 

 Sir W. Burnett and Admiral 



Fitzroy [P.]. 

 Dr. A. Ilabel [C.]. 



S. Asia sandwichensis. 



p,(T. c? ? ad. sk. Honolulu, Sandwich 

 Islands. 



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



Ohs. The excellent series of Short-eared Owls enumerated above 

 enables me to speak with some certainty concerning the various 

 races which have been raised to specific distinction by various orni- 

 thologists. In the foregoing list of the specimens in the national 

 collection I have arranged them under four headings, each form thus 



* One of these specimens is labelled " galapagoensis" by Dr. Kaup : but it is by 

 no means a very dark-coloured one. 



