322 BTJBONIDxT.. 



Bubo ignavus, Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. .339 ("1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ii. p. 14 (1875); Irhy. Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 143 

 (1895). 



Bubo bubo, Sharpe, Hand-I. i. p. 282 (1899). 



The egg-s of the Eagle-Owl are of a short ovnl or elliptical shape 

 and glossy. They measure from 2"1 to 2-5 in length, and from 

 1'81 to 1-95 in breadth. 



^. Laid in confinement [Catton Hall, Salvin-Godman Ooll. 



Norwich {J. H. Gurney)']. 



5. Laid in confinement [Swaysland Crowley Bequest. 



Aviaries, Brighton, April]. 



2. Lapland, 23rd April. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Mnonioniska, Lapland (Nordi-i). Seebohm Coll. 

 ]. Salmojarvi, Finmark, 11th April Seebohm Coll. 



(J. Wolleii). 



1. rjothenburg, Sweden, April (Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



3. Pomerania, 2nd April (T.//r)/A(Hr?). Seebnhni Coll. 

 1 . Stolp, Pomerania, 6th April ( T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Cibraltar {L. H. Irhy). Seebohm Coll. 

 L Parnassus, Greece, 4th May (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Sieholwi). 



Bubo virginianus (Gm.). 



Bubo virginianus, Baird, Brnver ^' Ridf/w. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. (iO 

 (1874) : Shar^w, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 19 (1875) ; Bendire, Life- 

 Hist. N. Amer. Bird.'!, i. p. 37fi, pi. xii. fig. 12 (1892); Sharjw, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 282 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 10 (1899). 



The eggs of the American Great Horned Owl resemble those of 

 B. huho, but are rather smaller, measuring from 2'08 to 2-25 in 

 length, and from 1*7 to 1'89 in breadth. 



4. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Labrador Crowley Bequest. 



2. Ithaca, New York ( Jf. B. D. Princeton UmAersity,N.J.[E.]. 



Scott). 



Bubo ascalaphus, Savir/n. 



Asralaphia savignii, Baedeker, JEier Bur. Voq. tab. 73. fig. 5 (1855-63). 



Strix ascfdaphus, Bree, Birds Evr. i. p. 130, "pi. — (1866). 



Bubo ascalaphus, Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 262; Hevyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 

 i. pt. 1, p. Ill, tab. xl. (1873); Bree, Birds Eur. 2ud ed. i. p. 145, 

 pi. — (1875) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 24 (1875) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Evr. ix. {Snpjjl.) p. 267 (1895); Sharpe, ITaJid-l. i. p. 282 

 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 10 (1899). 



The egg of the Egyptian Great Horned Owl taken by Mr. Cochrane 

 in Egypt is spheroidal in shape. The two brought by Canon 

 Tristram from Palestine are elliptical. They measure respectively : 

 2-15 by 1-59 ; 2-3 by 1-6 ; 2-09 by 1-7. 



