318 



BUBONIB^. 



1. Mogra Lake, Bengal, 24th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(J. C. Parker). 

 1. Thouimvin River, Tenasserim, 3rd Iliuue Coll. 



March (Col. C. T. Bhu/ham). 



Polioaetus major, A. B. Meyer ^- Wiglesw. 



Polioaetus humilis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 4.54, part. (1874); 



Blanf. Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, i. p. .371, part. (1895). 

 Polioaetus plumbeus, Oates ed. Hume, Nests i^- Ei/ys Iiid. Bi-ds, iii. 



p. 109 (1890). 

 Polioaetus major, S/iarpc, Hand-l. i. p. 279 (1899). 



The single egg of the Himalayan Grey Fishing-Eagle in the 

 Collection measures 2-72 by 2"05. 



1. Hassan Abdul, Punjab, 2ud Dee. Hume Coll. 



(C. R. Cock). 



Older S T R I G I F O R M E S. 



The eggs of the Owls are invarialily plain white when first laid, 

 but usually, after incubation has commenced, they acquire a creamy 

 or yellowish tinge. Tj'pically they are spheroidal in shape, but the 

 eggs of some species are regular ovals and those of others elliptical. 

 The shell is fre(juently glossy and sometimes highly so, and in texture 

 smooth. The larger eggs, however, frequently exhibit pores and 

 granulations. 



Family BUBONID^. 



Sub-Family ASIONIN^. 

 Genus ASIO, Briss. 



Asio Otus (Linn.). 



Strix otus, Tkieyi. Fortpjlanz. ges. Tog. tab. .\liii. fig. 8, a, h (1845-54) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 160, pL 7 (1883). 

 Otus vulgaris, Baedeker, Bier Bur. Vog. tab. 49. fig. G (185o-e)3) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 55, pi. xvii. fig. iii (1856). 

 Asio otus, Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 262 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 



p. 227 (1875) ; JDresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 251 (1876) ; Seebohm, Egqs 



of Brit. Birds, p. 22, pi. 6. fig. 4 (1896) ; Shari^, Hand-l. i. p. 280 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Long-eared Owl are usually of an oval or elliptical, 

 and rarely of a spheroidal, shape. They possess a considerable 

 amount of gloss, and measure from 1"45 to 1"76 in length, and from 

 1-1 to V3'3 in breadth. 



