STRIGID^E. 107 



b. BRACHYOTUS. 



6. OTUS BRACHYOTUS. The short-eared Owl. 



Otus brachyotus Boie, Isis, (1822) p. 549. ; Yarrell, Brit B. i. 



p. 128. ; Hodgs. Journ. A. S. B. (1837) p. 369. 

 Strix brachyotus Gmel. S. N. i. 289. 

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

 Strix aegolius Pall. Zoogr. i. p. 309. 

 Strix ulula Pall. Zoogr. i. p. 322. 

 Strix accipitrina Pall. It. i. p. 455. 

 Strix caspia Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 272. 

 Otus palustris Brehm, Vdg. Deuts. i. p, 124. ; Gould, Voy. of 



Beagle, Birds, p. 33. 



Otus agrarius Brehm, Vdg. Deuts. i. p. 124. 

 Brachyotus palustris Gould, Bonap. Geogr. Comp. List B. of Eur. 



and N. Amer. p. 7. 



Strix arctica Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 51. 

 Strix tripennis Schranks* Faun. Boica, p. 112. 

 Strix palustris Smies. Vdg. 

 Strix brachyura Nils. Faun. Suec. i. p. 62. 

 Strix (Asio) brachyotus Richard, and Sw. Faun. Bor. Amer. 



Birds, p. 75. 



PI. enl 438.; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 40. ; Wils. Amer. Orn. 



pi. 33. f. 3.; Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 410. ; Hardw. Icon. ined. 



10980. 45. ; Hodgs. Icon. ined. Accip. 91, 92. 



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



b. Great Britain. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



c. Great Britain. 



d. North America. Presented by the Hudson's Bay Com- 



pany. 



e. Canada. Presented by J. P. Mauger, Esq. 



/. Northern Land Expedition. Presented by Capt. Sir G. 



Back, R.N. 



g. Athens. Presented by C. L. W. Merlin, Esq. 

 h. Northern Asia. 



i,j. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 k. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 /, 77i. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 72. Chili. (?) From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 

 o. Trachea, England. 



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

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

 r. Sternum, Europe. From M. Lefevre's Collection. 

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