BUBONID^E. 479 



2345. Asio otus, 



Strix otus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 132. 



Asio otus, Strickl. 1. s. c. ; Orn. Syn. p. 205 : Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 ii. p. 227. 



a Britain (H. E. Strickland} 1831. 



2346. Asio americanus. 



Strix americana, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 288. 

 Asio americanus, Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 229. 

 Asio perigrinator, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 207 (ex Bartram). 

 a (Arthur Strickland) . 



Referred to A. otus in the "Ornithological Synonyms," but the 

 specimen agrees best with the North- American bird. 



2347. Asio mexicanus. 



'Strix mexicana, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 288. 

 Asio mexicanus, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 208 : Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 ii. p. 231. 



a South America (Arthur Strickland). 



2348. Asio accipitrinus. 



Stryx accipitrina, Pall. Reis. i. p. 455. 

 Asio accipitrina, Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 234. 

 Asio brachyotus, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 97; 1842, p. 168; 

 Orn. Syn. p. 209 (ex Gmelin). 

 a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. 



2349. Asio capensis. 



Otus capensis, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii. p. 316. 



Asio capensis, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 211 : Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. 

 p. 239. 



a South Africa (Robinson] 1835. b Morocco (J. G. Kin- 

 berg) 1844. c Tangier (Favier) 1848. 



b is called Bubo ascalaphus in the "Ornithological Synonyms" 

 (p. 215). 



SYRNIUM. 

 Syrnium, Savigny, Syst. des Ois. de 1'Egypte p. 51 (1810). 



2350. Syrnium aluco. 



Strix aluco, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 132. 



