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BTJBONID2E. 



Bubo verreauxi, Bp. 



Bubo lacteus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 33, part. (1875) ; Sharpe, 

 ed. Layard, Birds 8. Africa, p. 71, part. (1875-84). 



Bubo verreauxi, Grant $ Crawshay, Ibis, 1896, p. 487 ; Sharpe, Hand-l 

 i. p. 283 (1899). 



The egg of Verreaux's Great Horned Owl in the Collection is a 

 broad blunt oval and fairly glossy. It measures 2*4 by 1*95. 



1. Lake Nyasa, British Central 

 Africa, 21st June. 



R. Crawshay, Esq. [P.]. 



Bubo coromandus (Lath.). 



Bubo coromandus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 35 (1875) ; Gates ed. 

 Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 101 (1890) ; Blanf. Faun. 



Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 286 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 (1899). 



283 



The eggs of the Dusky Great Horned Owl are typically of a broad, 

 blunt oval form, but some are spheroidal and others elliptical. They 

 are fairly glossy and vary much in size, measuring from 1/95 to 2'8 

 in length, and from 1/64 to 2'02 in breadth. The largest example 

 in the Collection measures 2-8 by 2-02, and the smallest 1-95 by 

 1-64. 



Eastern Narra, Sind, 5th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(S. Doig). 



Eastern Narra, llth Dec. (S. D.). Crowley Bequest. 



Rohtuk, Punjab, 22nd Dec. Hume Coll. 



Rohtuk, 23rd Dec. Hume Coll. 



Rohtuk, 24th Dec. Hume Coll. 



Rohtuk, 25th Dec. B time Coll. 



Rohtuk, 26th Dec. Hume Coll. 



Rohtuk, 27th Dec. Hume Coll. 



Rohtuk, 28th Dec. Hume Coll. 



Hissar, Punjab. 15th Dec. Hume Coll. 



Hissar, 16th Dec. Hume Coll. 



Hansi, Punjab, 18th Dec. ( W. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt). 



Hansi, 21st Dec. ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



Hansi, 17th Feb. ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



Hansi, 25th Feb. ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



Hansi, 20th March (W. B.}. Hume Coll. 



Gurgaon District, 1st Jan. Hume Coll. 



Gurgaon District, 10th Jan. Hume Coll. 



Gurgaon District, 13th Jan. Hume Coll. 



Gurgaon District, 15th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 G urhi Hursroo, near Delhi, 29th Dec. Hume Coll. 



Gurhi Hursroo, 23rd Jan. Hume Coll. 



Gurhi Hursroo, 4th Feb. Hume Coll. 



Agra, 2nd Feb. Hume Coll. 



Agra, 3rd Feb. Hume Coll. 



Muttra, 16th Jan. Hume Coll. 



Muttra, 18th Jan. Hume Coll. 



