328 BUBONID^. 



Three eggs of the Malayan Scops Owl measure respectively : 1"26 

 by 1-1 ; 1-3 by 1-1 ; 1-45 by 1-15. 



1. Tenasserim, 11th March [Col. C. Hume Coll. 



T. Bingham). 



1. Lockaboeni, Java, 20th Feb. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Kina Balu, Borneo, 26th March Crowley Bequest. 



{J. WJiitehead). 



Scops leucotis {Temm.). 



Scops leucotis, Anderss. Birds Damara-lund, p. 40 (1872) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ii. p. 97 (1875) ; id. ed. Laynrd, Birds S. Africa, p. 74 

 (1875-84) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 287 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-faced Scops Owl in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-55 by 1-22 ; 1-5 by 1-22. 



2. Otjimbinque, Damara-laud, 20th Crowley Bequest. 



Sept. (C. J. Andersson). 



Scops icterorhyncha, SMley. 



Scops icterorhvncha, Shellei/, Ibis, 1873, p. 138 ; Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. 

 ii. p. 103 (1875) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 287 (1899). 



An egg of Shelley's Scops Owl is spheroidal in shane, slightly 

 glossy, and measures 1"17 by 1. 



1. Accra, Gold Coast, 28th Feb. (G. Seebohiu Coll. 



E. Shelley). 



Scops brasiliana (Gm.). 



Scops brasilianus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 108 (1875) ; Scl. 8,- Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. .539; Scl. ^ mtds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 51 (1889); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 288 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 11 

 (1899) ; von Viering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 266 (1900). 



An egg of the Brazilian Scops Owl measures 1"37 by 1*16. 



1. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {T. K. Salmon). 



Scops asio {Linn.). 



Strix asio, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. xliii. fig. 10 (1845-54). 



Sco-ps a^'iio, Bretver, A'. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 65, pi. iv. fig. 40 (1856); 

 Baird, Breiver ^- Bidgiu. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 49 (1874) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 114 (1875) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 288 (1899). 



Megascops asio, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 354, pi. xii. 

 tig. 8 (1892). 



The eggs of the American Scops Owl are very rounded ; they 

 measure from 1*33 to 1"5 in length, and from I'll to l'2o in 

 breadth. 



3. North America, 28th April. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 20th May Crowley Bequest. 



(Field Coll.). 



3. Kansas Territory, 20th April. Crowley Bequest. 



