335 



V. p. ;101 (1872); Sharpc, Cat. Birch B. M. ii. p. 129 (1875); id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 21t(') (1899). 

 Surnia funerea, Hewitson, Egax of Brit. 

 (18.56); Seebnhm. Brit.' Birds, i. p. 

 Birds, p. 26 (1896). 



Birds, i. p. 65, pi. xviii. fig', i 

 183 (1883); id. Etjgs of Brit.. 



The eggs of the Hawk-Owl are oval 

 in texture, and glossy. They measure 

 and from 1"15 to 1'2.5 in breadth. 



2. Lapland, 13th June {K. W. Wheel- 



wri(/ht). 



3. Quick jock, Lapland, June (//. 



W: W.). 

 7. Lapland (A. Xeu-toti). 

 3. Tana Elv, Lapland. 

 1. Mielmooka-vara, Lapland (J. 



Wolley). 

 1. Tepasto, 'Lapland (J. W.). 



6. Muouio, Lapland, 19tli April. 



7. Norway. 



or elliptical in shape, smooth 

 from 1-47 to 1-59 in length, 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Surnia caparoch {P. L. S. MiiU.). 



Surnia ulula, Boss, Nat. Hist. Bev. 1862, p. 277 ; id. Canad. Nat. vii. 



p. 143 (1862). 

 Surnia funerea. Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 309 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



5. ;V. ii. p. 131 (1875). 

 Surnia ulula, var. hudsonia, Baird, Bretver ^ Bidgio. N. Amer. Birds, iii. 



p. 75 (1874). 

 Surnia ulula caparoch, Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. AlasA-n, p. 155 (1887) ; 



MacFarlave, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. xiv. p. 437 (1891) ; Bendire, 



Life-lHst. N. Amer. Birds,\. p. 293, pi. .\ii. fig. 18 (1892). 

 Surnia caparoch, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 296 (1899). 



The eggs of the American Hawk-Owl are not separable from 

 those of S. ulula. Thev measure from 1-53 to 1-64 in length, and 

 from 1-18 to 1-23 in breadth. 



3. Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River 



District, North America. 

 2. Anderson River Fort, Arctic 



America {R. MacFarlane : 



Smiths. Inst.). 

 1 . Lower Yukon River, Alaska {E. W. 



Nelson: Henshmv Coll.). 



B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.] 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus ATHENE, Boie. 

 Athene noctua {Scoj>.). 



Strix noctua, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Tog. tab. xliii. fig. 2, a-c (1845-54). 

 Athene noctua, Baedeker, Eicr Eur. J'dr;. tab. 42. fig. 4 (1865-63); 



Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 357 (1871) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 296 (1899). 

 Noctua nudipes, Heuitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 67, pi. xix. fig. iii 



(1856). 



