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Phasmoptynx, Kaup, Isis, 1848, p. 769 . . . . A. capensis. 

 Rhinoptynx, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 114 . . A. mexicanus. 

 Nisuella, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 542. A. madagascariensis. 

 Geographical Range. — The whole world except Australia, Oceania, 

 Malaysia and West Africa. 



Asio FLAMMEUs (Pontoppidan) Pallas. 



La Grande Chouette, Bris. Orn. I. p. 411 (1760). 



Strix flammea Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, I. p. 617, pi. xxv. (1763: 

 Sweden). 



Strix accipitrina. Pall. Reise Russ. Reichs. I. p. 455. 



Strix brachyotus, Forst. Phil. Trans. LXII. p. 384. 



Otus brachyotiis, D'Orb. Voy. Am^r. Merid. p. 134 (1835: Patagonia); Scl. 

 P. Z. S. i860, p. 384 (Falkland Islands); Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 152 

 (east Falkland Islands, scarce); Burm. Reis. La Plata, II. p. 439 

 (1861 : Rosario); Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, II. Noctuae, p. 3 (1862 : Chili); 

 Pelz. Reis. Novara, Vog. p. 27 (1865: Chili); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 188 (Philips Bay, Fuegia, April); id. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 143 (Con- 

 chitas); Huds. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 800 (Buenos Aires); Scl. & Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 116(1873); Durnf. Ibis, 1876, p. 161 (Buenos 

 Aires, common); Ibis, 1877, P- ^S^' 1878, p. 396 (Tambo Point, Dec, 

 resident, not common); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 434 (Sandy 

 Point, Jan. : Elizabeth Island, Jan.); Doering, Expl. Al Rio Negro, 

 Zool. p. 49 (1882: abundant); Tacz. Orn. Perou, I. p. 196 (1884); 

 Huds. Natural, in La Plata, pp. 62, 66 (1892); Carbajal, La Pata- 

 gonia, part II. p. 260 (1900). 



Otus palustris, Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 33 (184 1 : Falkland Islands: 

 Santa Cruz, Patagonia); Eraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. no (Colchagua); 

 Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 220 (Chili); Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 94 (Falk- 

 land Islands). 



Ulula otus, Des Murs in Gay's Hist. Chil. Zool. I. p. 251 (1847); Phil. & 

 Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 7 (1868). 



Brachyotus cassini, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 108 (1858). 



Uluta brachyotus, Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 6 (1868). 



Asio accipitrinus, Cunningh. Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. p. 200 (1871); Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 234 (1875: Falkland Islands); Barrows, Auk, 

 I. p. 29 (1884: Lower Uruguay, winter); Burm. An. Mus. Nac. 



