AVES STRIGID^. 683 



harsh, chattering or barking cry ; but I was in pursuit of something else 

 at the time, and could not find the exact spot afterwards. Those I saw 

 and shot were like the warm-coloured form found in England." 



Genus BUBO Dum. 



Type. 

 Bubo, Dumeril, Zool. Analyt. 1806, 34 Cuv. R6gne An. 



1 81 7, p. 331 ; Sharpe Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 12 



(1875); Sharpe, Hand-list Bds. i. p. 282 (1899) . B. bubo. 



Bubotus, Rafinesque (teste G. R. Gray) B. bubo. 



Ascalaphia, Geofifr. St.-Hilaire, 1830 (teste G. R. Gray). B. ascalaphta. 



Huhua, Hodgs. As. Research, xix. p. 173 (1836) . . B. nipalensis. 



Heliaptex, Swains. Classif B. ii. p. 217 (1837) ■ ■ ■ B. arcticus. 



Urrua, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi, p. 372 (1837) . . . . B. bengaleusis. 



Etoglaux, (pro (Jrrua), Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. p. 28 



(1841) B. nipalensis. 



Mesomorpha (pro Urrua), Hodgs. 1. c. p. 28 . . . B. bengalensis. 



Aibryas, Gloger, Handb. Naturf p. 223 (1842) . . B. arcticus. 



Nyctcstus, Gloger, 1. c. p. 228 (1842) B. lacteus. 



Pseudoptynx, Kaup, Isis, 1848, p. 770 B. phi/ippeusis. 



Megaptyux, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 542 . B. magellanicus. 



Pachyptyux, Bp. 1. c. p. 542 B. lacteus. 



Nisuella, Bp. 1. c. p. 542 B. maculosus. 



Ptiloskelos, Tickell, J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 448 (1859) . B. nipalensis. 



GeograpJiical Range. — The whole Western Hemisphere; the Eastern 

 Hemisphere except the Moluccas, Australia and Oceania. 



Bubo magellanicus Gmelin. 



Hibou des Terres Magellaniques, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. I. pi. 385. 



Strix bubo 8 Magellanicus, Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 286 (1788). 



Bubo Magellanicus, D'Orb. Voy. Amer. M^rid. p. 137 (1835: Patagonia); 

 Gray, List Accipitr. Brit. Mus. p. 46 (1844); Des Murs in Gay's Hist. 

 Chil. Zool. I. p. 248 (1847); Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 220 (Chili); Pelz. 

 Reis. Novara, Vog. p. 26 (1865: Chili); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188 

 (Santiago Bay: Sandy Point, Feb. & Dec); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. II. p. 29 (1875: Straits of Magellan); Durnf Ibis, 1880, p. 361 

 (Salta); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 10 (Cape Gregory, Jan. ; Port Henry, 

 Jan.; Mayne Harbour, Jan.); Vincig. Boll. Soc. Geogr. Ital. (2) IX. 



