14 CATALOGUE OF Til K R1KDS OF PREY. 



The principal Desiderata in Nor nick Museum, *. 



Gymnoscops insularis, Tristram : Seychelles Islands.— My 

 father remarks that a female brought home in 1888 by 

 Mr. Lister from Capucin, Mahe, was "somewhat paler and 

 more rufous than the figure in 'The Ibis' (1880, p. 458), 

 and with the under surface almost exactly like S. leucospilus, 

 with the addition of some fine transverse markings on the 

 lowest ventral feathers. "—J. H. G., MS. 



Bubo Jettii, Biittikofer : Liberia in W. Africa. — Described 

 in ' Notes from Leydeu Museum/ 1889, p. 34, plate vi.f 

 My father apparently doubted if this Owl, which the de- 

 scriber compares to Lophostrix cristatus, was rightly assigned 

 to Bubo. The wing is stated to be only 28 crn. = 10 - 4 inches. 



Scotopelia bouvieri, Sharpe : Gaboon, Liberia, Angola. — 

 Cat. of Birds in B. M.ii. p. 11, plate i. 



Tybo {Syrnium, Myrtha) bohndorffi (Sharpe) : Central 

 Africa, Nyam Nyam country (Bohndorff), Muata-Yamvo 

 (M. A. Sesinando Marques). — "Allied to Syrnium nuchale, 

 but the specimen in the British Museum is much more 

 rufous.'" — J. H. G., MS. Two more are recorded by 

 Bocage. 



Syrnium rufipes (King) : Patagonia and Chili. — "A small 

 member of the same group as S. nebulosum, S. fulcescens, 

 and S. occideidale. Examined at British Museum, July 

 1884- ; also examined one in Salvin and Godmau's collection, 

 April 1885. A very distinct species. "— J. H. G., MS. 



Syrnium biddulphi, Scully: North of India. — Figured Ibis, 

 1881, p. 423. Dr. Scully's birds were examined by my 

 father, who writes : — "Like S. aluco, but greyer and larger, 

 .... Hume doubts its distinctness (see ' Stray Feathers/ 

 ix. p. 311, footnote). 5 '— J. H. G., MS.% 



Syrnium davidi, Sharpe: China. — ' Les Oiseaux de la 

 Chine/ vol. i. p. 44, pi. ii. Stated to be larger than S. nivi- 

 colum and S. biddulphi. 



Syrnium niasense, Salvadori : Sumatra. — Allied to S. myrtha 



* Other desiderata enumerated, p. 55. 



t Also figured in Biittikofer's ' JReisebilder aus Liberia,' ii. pi. xxxi., 

 where there is less white shown on the horns. 



f Mr. Blanford thinka S. biddulphi entitled to separation, 



