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Sub-Familv SYRNIlNiE. 



Geuus SYRNIUM, ^avign. 



The cgRs of the Wood- Owls are typically short rounded ovals or 

 ellipses in shape, smooth in texture, and with a considerable amount 

 of gloss. 



Syrnium aluco {Linn.). 



Strix aluco, Thien. Furtjy/liinz. ges. Toy. tab. xliii. fig. 6, a-c (1845-54) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 154, pi. 13 (1«&3). 

 Syrnium aluco, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Yog. tab. 42. fig, 5 (1855-63) ; 



Tristrcmi, Ibis, 1865, p. 262; Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. ii. p. 247 



(1875) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 271 (1879) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 22, pi. 0. fig. 9 (1896) ; Sharpe, Mand-L i. p. 293 (1899). 

 Symium stridula, Heicitsoii, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 63, pi. xviii. fig. ii 



(1856). 



The eggs of the Tawny Owl measure from 1-76 to 1 95 in length, 

 and from 1'45 to 1-G in breadth. 



3. Kncclde, Inverness-shire, 17th April 



{Hargitt Coll.). 

 3. Kuockie, 21st April {Iiargitt Coll.). 



1 . Levburn, Yorkshire, 7th April (Har- 



'yiit Coll.). 



2. Brize Norton, Oxfordshire {H. See- 



bohm). 



1. Elveden, Suffolk, 6th Ainil. 



2. Epping Forest, near London (0. 



Salvin : Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Farnham, Surrey. 

 6. New Forest, Hants [Hargitt Coll.). 

 2. New Forest, 13th March [H. 



Saunders). 

 2. New Forest, 4th May. 



2. New Forest, 14th May. 



3. Great "Wood, Alton, Hants. 



3. Foret de Bord, Elbeuf, France, 10th 

 April (Konry : Iiargitt Coll.). 



3. Foret de Bord, 16th April (Aourg: 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Pomerania (T. Holland). 



1. Brunswick, 23rd March. 



1. Forest of Gilead, Palestine, 29th 

 April {H. B. Tristru7n). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Symium uralense (Pall.). 



Symium uralense, Sfiarju-, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 255 (1875) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. v. p. 277 (1879) ; Tacz. Futme Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 138 

 (1891) ; Shar2)e, Hand-l. i p. 293 (1899). 



Four eggs of the Ural Owl measure respectively: l-9b by 16 • 

 1-93 by 1-65; 2-06 by 1-65 ; 1-9 by 1-6. ' 



4. Amur-land, 1st May [Dbrries). Crowley Bequest. 



