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.BUBONIDJE. 



Otus (Brachyotus) brachyotus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 



ill. p. 22 : (1874). 

 Asio accipitrinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M. ii. p. 234 (1875) ; Dresser, 



Birds Eur. v. p. 257 (1876) ; MacFarlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. 



xiv. p. 436 (1891) ; Bendire, Life- Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 332, 



pi. xii. fig. 3 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 280 (1899). 



The eggs of the Short-eared Owl are usually of a short elliptical 

 form and have a considerable amount of gloss. They measure 

 from 1*42 to 1'7 in length, and from 1-16 to 1-35 in breadth. 



N.W. America, 8th June. 

 Anderson River, Arctic America, 



18th June (JR. MacFarlane}. 

 Labrador. 

 Winnebago, Illinois, 15th April 



(Henshaw Coll.). 

 Argentine Republic, Nov. 

 Central Chile (Paulsen). 



Gould Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 



Orphir, Orkneys, 22nd June ; 



Orphir (Hargitt Coll.). 



Stromness, Orkneys, April (Tris- 

 tram Coll.}. 



Hickling Marshes, Norfolk, 13th 

 May (H. Seebohm'). 



Hickling Marshes, 14th May (H. S.). 



Lapland, June (J. Wolley). 



Pareguando, Lapland, 2nd June. 



Knolojarvi, Finland, 30th May. 



Reval, Baltic Pro vs., 26th May 

 (Russow). 



Archangel, Russia (Nordvi). 



Lower Volga. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohin Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Asio nisuella, Daud. 



Phasmoptynx capensis, Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 148. 



Asio capeusis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 239 (1875) ; id. ed. Layard, 



Birds S. Africa, p. 78 (1875-84) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 265 



(1877); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 12 (1899). 

 Asio nisuella, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 280 (1890). 



The eggs of the African Long-eared Owl resemble those of A. 

 accipitrinus. Two examples measure respectively : 1-52 by 1*3 : 

 1-56 by 1-32. 



2. Potchefstroom. Transvaal, April Crowley Bequest. 

 (T. Ayres). 



