14 CAHINAT.!;. 



Strix antiqua, Milne-Edwards'. 

 Known by the tarso-metatarsus, which has a leugtli of 0.033 against 0,058 in 

 iS. flammea. 

 Hah. Europe (France). 

 Occurs in the Lower ]N[iocene (Upper Oligocene) of AUier. 



Geuus BUBO, Dumeril -. 



The tarso-metatarsus, although stout, is coasiderably more elon- 

 gated than in Nyctea. The tibio-tarsus is stout, with a slight con- 

 cavity on the posterior border. The femur is elongated, with the 

 intermuscular ridge dividing inferiorly, so as to join both the inner 

 and outer trochlear ridges. The humerus is comparatively slender. 



^ilost of the species are of very large size. 



33ul)0 iaiiAbusl, Foster ^ 



Syn. Bilbo mat-imus, Fleming '. 

 Bubo athenieiisis, Auct. 



The tarso-metatarsus is longer than in B. virf/inianus. 

 Hah. Europe and North Asia. 



A. 139. Cast of the imperfect right tarso-metatarsus. The original 

 was obtained from the " Forest-bed " of East Ilunton, 

 Norfolk, and is figured by E. T. Newton in the ' Geol. 

 Mag.' decade 3, vol. iv. pi. iv. figs. 3-5. The proximal 

 extremity is wanting, aud the ridges on both the anterior 

 and posterior surfaces of the proximal half of the bone 

 arc broken away. 



Presented b;/ E. T. Neirton, Esq., 1890. 



The follou'Wf/ sj^erimeiis tuere obtained from the Pleistocene deposits 

 of the cavern of Bruniquel, near Montauban (^Tarn-et-Garonne), 

 France ; and were purchased in 1864. 



38488. The extremity of the premasilliw 



39348. The proximal extremity of the right humerus. 



39348 a. Two specimens of the distal extremity of the left humerus, 

 with the dorsal surface imperfect. 



' Oiseaux Fossiles de la France, vol. ii. p. 408 (ISfiO 71). 

 ^ Zoologie Aualytique, p. 34 (1806). 

 3 Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 3 (1817). 

 * British Animals, p. hi (1 828;. 



