340 STKIGID^. 



Micropallas -whitneyi, Bendire, Life-IIist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 411, 

 pi. xii. fig. 13 (1892) ; Sharjie, Hand.-l. i. p. 299 (1899). 



Three eggs of Whitney'.s Owl are sptieroidal in shape and 

 slightly glossy. They measure respectively : 1-02 by -87 ; "99 by 

 ■83 ; 1-05 by -9. 



2. [New jMexico (i^»W<^ CW/.).] Crowley Coll. 



1. Lowell, New Mexico, 17th May. Crowley Coll. 



Family STRIGID.^. 



Genus STRIX, Linn. 



The eggs of the Barn-Owls are typically oval in shape, one end 

 being distinctly pointed, smooth in texture, and moderately glossy. 



Strix flammea, Linn. 



Strix flammea, Thien. Fort-pfianz. ffes. Voff. tab. xliii. fig. 1, a, b (1845- 

 64) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voc/. tab. 42. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; Hetcitson, 

 Eygs vf Brit. Birds, i. p. 61, pi. xvii. fig. i (1856); Sharjx, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ii. p. 291 (1876) ; id. ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, 

 p. 82 (1875-84) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 237 (1879) ; Cozvan, 

 Proc. B. Phys. Soc. Edi?ih. vii. p. 148 (1882) ; Seebohm, Eygs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 21, pi. 6. fig. 3 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 300 

 (1896). 



Aluco flammeus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 148, pi. 7 (1883). 



The eggs of the Barn-Owl measure from 1-48 to 1-8 in length, 

 and from 1*15 to 1'35 in breadth. 



10. Hatherton, Cheshire, 10th June. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Haddon Hall, Derbyshire (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Secbuhtn). 



4. Ashley, StatFordshire {Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Cambridgeshire [H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



8. Chawton, Hants. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Devonshire. Mus. Montagu. 



2. Heudon, Middlesex (0. <S'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Finchley, Middlesex ( 0. &) Salvin-Godman CoU. 



1. France {Aoury : Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Louviers, France, 7th May {Noury : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Vosges, France (Muugel : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Pomerania {T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Tunis. L. Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 



1. River Nile, 18th March {J. H. Coch- Seebohm Coll. 



1-a/ie). 



1. SonXh Ahicn {T. At7nore : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



