680 Messrs. Sclater ajid Mackwortli-Praed on [Ibis, 



Otus scops scops, 



Stri^c scops Linn. Syst, Nat. lOtli ed. 1758, p. 92: 

 Europe, restricted type-locality: Italy. 



Otus scops scops Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. p. 978. 



There are no examples of this race in the present collec- 

 tions, but there are several records from the Sudan which 

 undoubtedly refer to this race as well as the following. 

 A single specimen before us from Suakini (Capt. R. H. 

 Penton), with a wing-measurement of 147 mm., we are 

 inclined to assign to the typical race. 



Otus scops pulchellus. 



Stryx pmlchella Pallas, Reise verscii. Prov. Russ. Reichs, 

 i. 1801, p. 456 : Volga, S. Russia. 



Otus scops pulchellus Hartert^ Vog. pal. Faun. p. 980. 



[B. coll.] 1 Khartoum 22 Oct. ; 1 Tuufikia Apl. U.N. 



These two specimens, with wing - measurements of 

 161 and 162 mm., we consider undoubtedly belong to the 

 greyer and longer-winged eastern form of the Scops Owl. 



Otus capensis. 



Scops capensis A. Smith, S. A. Quart. Journ. ii. 1834, 

 p. 314: S. Africa. 



[B. coll.] 2 near Roseires Apl. Sen. ; 1 Chak Chak 

 Feb. B.G. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Kamisa Dec. Sen. 



There are many named laces of this Owl. The series 

 in the Museum collection show such great variation 

 that we shall not attempt to enter into the subspecies 

 with only some fifty examples from the whole of Africa 

 before us. 



This species has frequently been confused with 0. scops. 

 One of the quickest methods of identification is that the 

 first primary, in O. scops about equal to the fifth, is con- 

 siderably shorter than the sixth in this species, while the 

 wing is shorter, under 140 in this species, over 140 mm. 

 in 0. scops. 



We know nothing of Scops konigseggi Madarasz, O. M. xx. 



