1 8 INDEX-CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 



Case. 



Fam. STRIGID^E. 



Genus. SURMA. 



60. Snowy Owl. Surnia nyctea, (Liun.). 

 No. 1 (left). Female. 



North TJist, 1884. 

 Presetted by Sir John Campbell Orel. Bart., 

 Stuffed in Edinburgh. February 17th, 1885. 



„ 2 (centre). Mature male. 



Stuffed by J. Hancock in 1844. 

 ,, 8 (right). First plumage, showing some down on head 

 and breast. 

 Bought of J. Green in London, December, 1847. 



61. Snowy Owl. 

 No. 1 (left). Male. 



North America. 

 ,, 2 (right). Female. 



Falls of Niagara. 



Received 1837. 

 Genus. BUBO. 



62. Eagle Owl. Bubo maximus, Fleming. 



No. 1. Female. 



Sweden. 



From Old Museum Collection. 



63. Eagle Owl. 



No. 1. Mature female. 



1876. 



Stuffed 1884. J. Hancock. 



64. Eagle Owl. 



No. 1. Mature male. 



Shot on the Yolga, Russia. 1863. 



Stuffed 1884 by J. Hancock. 

 Genus. OTUS. 



65. Short-eared Owl. Otus brachyotos, (Forster). 

 No. 1 (left). 



Taken on a ship in the North Sea, Sept., 1836. 



Presented to J. H. by Capt. Warham of the 



"Lord Ganibier" Whaler. 

 „ 2 (right). 



Northumberland, 1836. 



