NYCTEA. SCOPS. 325 



1. Muttra, 22nd Jan. Hume Coll. 



3. Muttra, 24th Jan. Hume Coll. 



1. Mynpuri, 1st March. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, Dec. ( W. E. Brooks). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus NYCTEA, Steph. 



Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). 



Strix nyctea, Thien. Fortgflanz. yes. Vog. tab. xliii. tip:. 11, a, b (1845-54) ; 



Wheelwright, Spring fy Summer in Lapland, p. 256 (1871). 

 Nyctea nivea, Baedeker, EierEur. Vb'y. tab. 42. fig. 2 (1855-63) : Neivton, 



P.Z.S. 1861, p. 394. 

 Surnea nyctea, Hewitson, Eyys of Brit. Birds, i- p. 64, pi. xviii. tig-, iii 



(1856) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 177, pi. 7 (1883) ; id. Eygs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 25, pi. 6. tig-. 7 (1896). 

 Nyctea scandiaca, Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 287 (1873) ; Sharpe, 'Cat. 



Birds B. M. ii. p. 125 (1875) : Feilden, Ibis, 1877, p. 403; id. in 



Nares's Voy. Polar Sea, ii. p. 208 (1878). 

 Nyctea scandiaca, var. arctica, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgiu. N. Amer. Birds, 



iii. p. 70 (1874). 

 Nyctea nyctea, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 389, pi. xii. 



fig. 19 (1892) ; Sharpe,' Hand-l i. p. 284 (1899). 



The eggs of the Snowy Owl are somewhat elongated ovals or 

 ellipses and are slightly glossy. They measure from 2-15 to 2'35 in 

 length, and from 1-64 to 1-8 in breadth. 



7. Grinnell Land, N. Lat. 82 32', Voy. II.M.S. 'Alert.' 



24th June (H. W. Feilden). 

 7. Discovery Bav, Grinnell Land Voy. H.M.S. 'Discovery.' 



(CLBM). 



1. Moravian Settlement, Labrador Crowley Bequest. 



(Tristram Coll}. 



1. Lapland (Hargitt Coll}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Lapland, 2nd June. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Lapland. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Quickjock, Lapland (H. W. Seebohm Coll. 



Wheelwriyht). 



Genus SCOPS, Savign. 



The eggs of the Scops Owls are typically spheroidal in shape 

 and moderately glossy. 



Scops scops (Linn.}. 



Strix scops, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xliii. fig. 6, a, b (1845-54). 

 Scops zorca, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 49. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; Salvin, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 190 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 291. 

 Scops aldrovandi, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 54, pi. xix. fig. i 



(1856). 

 Scops giu, Neivton, Ooth. Woll. pt. i. p. 153 (1864) ; Tristram, Ibis, 1865, 



