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b. Purchased, Oct. 11, 1879. 



c. Presented by W. H. St. Quintin, Esq., Feb. 24, 1880. 



d. e. Purchased, Aug. 22, 1881. 

 /. Deposited, Dec. 1, 1882. 



725. Scops leucotis (Temm.). White-eared Scops Owl. 

 Hub. West Africa. 



a, b. Purchased, May 19, 1865. 



726. Scops asio (Linn.). American Scops Owl. 

 Hab. North America. 



a, b. Purchased, July 20, 1882. 



Genus SCOTOPELIA. 



727. Scotopelia peli (Temm.) . Pel's Owl. 

 Hab. Africa. 



a. Purchased, April 30, 1866. Specimen from the Gambia, 

 described and figured by Mr. J. H. Gurney in ' The Ibis,' 

 1859, p. 445, pi. xv. 



Genus PULSATRIX. 



728. Pulsatrix torquata (Daud.). Downy Owl. 

 Hab. South America. 



a. Deposited, Oct. 24, 1864. 



b. Purchased, April 8, 1865. 



c. Purchased, July 25, 1867. 



d. Presented by Senor Don Luis Fontana, C.M.Z.S., Sept. 19, 



1871. From Paraguay. 



e. Purchased, June 21, 1873. 

 /. Purchased, Feb. 15, 1877. 



g. Presented by Dr. A. Stradling, Nov. 15, 1879. 

 h. Purchased, May 19, 1880. 



Genus SCELOGLAUX. 



729. Sceloglaux albifacies (Gray). White- faced Owl. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 

 a. Purchased, Sept, 4, 1875. Sec P. Z. S. 1875, p. 530. 



