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BUBONIDJE. 



Otu9 (Brachyotus) brachyotus, Baird, Breiver Sj- Ridgio. N. Amer. Birds, 



iii. p. 22 (1874). 

 Afio accipitrinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 234 (1875) ; Dresser, 



Birds Eur. v. p. 257 (1876) ; MacFarlane, Proa. U.S. Nut. Mies. 



xiv. p. 436 (1891) ; Bendire, Life- Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 332, 



pi. xii. fig. 3 (1892) ; S/iarj>e, Hand-l. i. p. 280 (1899). 



The eggs of the Short-eared Owl are usually of a short elliptical 

 form and have a considerable amount of gloss. They measure 

 from 1-42 to 1-7 in length, and from 1-16 to 1-35 in breadth. 



N.W. America, 8th June. 

 Anderson River, Arctic America, 



18tb June {R. MacFarlane). 

 Labrador. 

 Winnebago, Illinois, 15th April 



{Henshaw Coll.). 

 Argeutioe Republic, Nov. 

 Central Cliile {Pauke?i). 



Gould Coll. 

 Salviu-Godiuan Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 



Orpbir, Orkneys, 22nd June 



Orpbir {Hargitt Coll.). 



Stromness, Orkneys, April (Tris- 

 tram Coll.). 



Hickling Marshes, Norfolk, 13tb 

 May (H. Seebohm). 



Hlckliug Marshes, 14th May [H. S.) 



Lapland, June [J. Wollei/). 



Paregiiando, Lapland, 2ud .Tune. 



Knolojarvi, Finland, 30th May. 



Reval, Baltic Provs., i'6th May 

 {Russotp). 



Archangel, Russia (Xordri). 



Lower Volga. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Asio nisuella, Daud. 



Phasmoptynx capensis, Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 148. 



Asio capensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 239 (1875) ; id. ed. Layard, 



Birds S. Africa, p. 78 (1875-84) ; Dresser, Birds Bur. v. p. 265 



(1877); Ne'hrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 12 (1899). 

 Asio nisuella, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 280 (1890). 



The eggs of the African Long-eared Owl resemble those of A. 

 accipitrinus. Two examples measure respectively: 1"52 by 1'3: 

 1-56 by 1-32. 



2. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, April 

 (T. Ayres). 



Crowley Bequest. 



