338 BUB0NID5:, 



The eggs of the South- American Biirrowing-Owl vary much in 

 size and shape. Some are broad oval or elliptical in shape and very 

 glossy ; others are spheroidal and only moderately glossy. They 

 measure from 1-12 to 1-35 in length, and from 1-02 to 1-17 in 

 breadth. 



5. Central Chile (Z. Landbeck). Berkeley .Tames Coll. 



6. Central Chile {L. L.). Berkeley James Coll. 



1. Chile (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Speotjrto hypogsea (Bp.). 



Speotyto cunicularia, var. hypogsea, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgio. N. Amer. 



Birds/in. p. 90 (1874). 

 Speotyto cunicularia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 142, part. (1875). 

 Speotyto cunicularia hvpogaja, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 395, pi. xii. fig. 14 (1892). 

 Speotyto hypogaea, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 297. 



Two eggs of the North-American Burrowing-Owl are blunt ovals, 

 very glossy, and measure respectively: 1-2 by 1 ; 1"28 by I'Ol. 



1. Utah, U. S. America. Crowky Bequest. 



1. Oaklands, California. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus GLAUCIDIUM, Boie. 



Glaucidium passerinum (Linn.). 



Strix passerina, Thien. Fortpfnnz. ges. For/, tab. xliii. fig. 4 (1845-54). 



Glaucidium passerinum, Baedeker, Bier Eur. Jm/. tab. 45. fig. 3 (1855- 

 63); Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 349 (1871); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ii. p. 191 (1875) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 207 (1899). 



Strix pusilla, Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 124, pi — (1866) ; iv. p. 201 (1867). 



The eggs of the Pigmy Owl are broad ovals or ellipses in shape 

 and. possess a considerable amount of gloss. They measure from 1-1 

 to 1-22 in length, and from -85 to -91 in breadth. 



4. Europe (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest, 



1. Hungaiy. Seebohm Coll. 



1. St. Petersburg, Russia (Z>r. A/fito; Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Glaucidium radiatum (Ticl-.). 



Athene radiata, Benvan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375. 



Glaucidium radiatum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 217 (1875) ; Legge, 



Birds Ceylon, p. 152 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs hid. 



Birds, iii. p. 112 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 306 



(1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 299 (1899). 



The eggs of the Jungle-Owlet are generally of a broad elliptical 

 shape and are moderately glossy. They measure from 1-2 to 1-32 

 in length, and from 1 to 1-11 in breadth. 



