BUBO. 323 



1. Palestine, 12th March (//. B. Seebohm Coll. 



Tristram). 

 1. Wady Heshbon, Palestine, 12th Crowley Bequest. 



March (H. B. T.). 



1. Pyramid of Ghizeh, Egypt (J. H. Crowley Bequest. 



Cochrane : Tristram Coll.). 



Bubo bengalensis (Frankl.). 



Bubo bengalensis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 25 (1875) ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. Birds, iii. p. 99 (1890) ; Blanf. fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 285 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 283 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Rock Horned Owl are spheroidal in shape and 

 glossy. They measure from 1-97 to 2-15 in length, and from 1-52 

 to 1*74 in breadth. 



2. Meerut, Punjab, 2nd Dec. Hume Coll. 

 2. Meerut, llth April. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, Punjab, 20th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, N.'VV. Prov., 17th Feb. Hume Coll. 



1. Mynpuri, N.W. Prov., 25th Crowley Bequest. 



'March (C. Home: Tristram 

 Coll.). 

 1. Sitapur, Oudh, Feb. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Raipur, C. Prov. (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



Bubo capensis, Smith. 



Bubo capensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 27 (1874) ; id. ed. Layard, 

 Birds S. Africa, p. 70 (1875-84) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 283 (1899) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 10 (1899). . 



The egg of the Cape Great Horned Owl in the Collection is of a 

 roundish oval form, smooth in texture, slightly glossy, and measures 

 2-3 by 1-9. 



1. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Bubo maculosus ( Vieill.). 



Bubo maculosus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 30 (1875) ; id. ed. Layard, 

 Birds S. Africa, p. 73 (1875-84) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 283 (1899) j 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 11 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spotted Horned Owl are broad ellipses in shape 

 and slightly glossy. Three examples measure respectively : 2-05 by 

 1-65; 2-07 by 1*6; 2-01 by 1-5. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Cape Colony (E. L. Layard: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 

 1. Cape Colony ( W. Atmore : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



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