106 ACCIPITRES NOCTURNI. 



a. Oxfordshire. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



b. Great Britain. Presented by J. Warniford, Esq. 



c. Great Britain. 



d. Great Britain, variety. 



e. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



f. Sternum, England. Presented by T. Ingall, Esq. 



g. Sternum, England. Presented by John Ray, Esq. 



2. OTUS MACULOSUS. The spotted eared Owl. 



Otus maculosus Less. Tr. tfOrn. p. 109. 

 Strix maculosa Vieitt. N. Diet. dHist. Nat. vii. 44. 

 Strix africana Temm. pi. col. 50. 

 Otus africanus Cuv. Reg. An. (1822) i. p. 341. 

 Bubo africana Boie, Isis, (1826) p. 976. 

 Gal. des Ois. t. 23. 



a. South Africa, male. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



b. South Africa. From the South African Museum. 



c. d. South Africa, very young. From the South African 



Museum. 

 e. Western Africa. Presented by Capt. Sabine, R.A. 



3. OTUS MADAGASCARIENSIS. The Madagascar eared Owl. 



Otus madagascariensis A. Smith, Cat. S. Afr. Mus. p. 

 a. Madagascar. From Dr. Smith's Collection. 



4. OTUS MEXICANUS. The American eared Owl. 



Otus mexicanus Cuv. Reg. An. (1817) i. p. 328. 

 Strix mexicana Gmel. S. N. i. p. 288. 

 Strix americana Gmel. S. N. i. p. 288. 

 Bubo clamator Vieill. Ois. d'Amer. Septr. i. 20. (female ?) 

 Strix longirostris Spix, Av. Bras. t. 9. a. 

 1 Strix maculosa Pr. Max. Beitr. (1831) ii. p. 281. 

 Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 412. 



a. South America. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



5. OTUS CRASSIROSTRIS. The thick-billed eared Owl. 



Otus crassirostris G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. . , 



Strix crassirostris Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. ii. p. 44. 

 Strix macrorhyncha Temm. pi. col. 64. 

 Otus macrorhynchus Cuv. Heg. An. (1829) i. p. 341. 

 a. Chili. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



