332 BUBONIDJE. 



Syrnium fuscescens, Temm. lJ- ScJdeg. 



Syrnium fuscescens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 256 (1875); id. 



Iland-l. i. p. 293 (1899). 

 Strix uralensis, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 185, part. (1890). 



Pour eggs of the Japan Owl measure respectively : 1-95 by 1-58 ; 

 1-9 by 1-55 ; 1-85 by 1-62; 1-95 by 1-6. 



4. Yokohama, Japan {H. Fryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.). 



Ulula nebulosa, Baedeker, Bier Eur. Voff. tab. 73. fig. 6 (1855-63). 



Amer. Birds, i. p. 335, pi. xii. tig. 4 (1892) ; Sharpe,' Hand-l. i. 

 p. 293 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaviml. p. 12 (1899). 



Three eggs of the American Earrcd Owl measure respectively : 

 2 by 1-7; 2-1 by 1-65; 1-9 by 1-6. 



1. North America {Audubon: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



f.ra^n Coll.). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Lilford Lord Lilford [P.]. 



Aviaries, 18th April). 

 1. Laid in confinement (Lilford Lord Lilford [P.]. 



Aviaries, 19th April). 



Syrnium rufipes {King). 



Syrnium rufipes, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 261 (1875) ; James, 

 Neio List Chilian Birds, p. 6 (1892); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 294 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Red-footed Owl appear to differ from those 

 of the other Owls of this grouj) in being of a regular oval shape, 

 slightly rough in texture and without gloss. Five specimens from 

 Chile measure from 1-51 to l-6o in length, and from 1-2 to 1*25 in 

 breadth. 



5. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Syrnium ocellatum, Less. 



Syrnium ocellatum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 263 (1875) ; Gates 

 ed. Hume, Nests ^ Egc/s Lid. Birds, iii. p. 115(1890) ; Bhmf. Fauna 

 Brit. Lid., Birds, iii. p. 277 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 294 (1899). 



The eggs of the Mottled Wood-Owl measure from 1-87 to 2-07 

 in length, and from 1-54 to 1-7 in breadth. 



1. Hansi, Punjab, 16th March Hume Coll. 



{W. Blewitt). 



1. Hansi, 16th April ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 6th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 7th March. Hume Coll. 



