328 BUBONIDJS. 



Three eggs of the Malayan Scops Owl measure respectively : T26 

 by 1-1 ; 1-3 by 1-1 ; 1*45 by 1-15. 



1. Tenasserim, llth March (Col. C. Hume Coll. 



T. Bingham}. 



1. Lockaboeni, Java, 20th Feb. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Kina Balu, Borneo, 26th March Crowley Bequest. 



(J. Whitehead}. 



Scops leucotis (Temm.}. 



Scops leucotis, Anderss. Birds Damara-land, p. 40 (1872) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ii. p. 97 (1875) ; id. ed. Lai 

 (1875-84) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 287 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-faced Scops Owl in the Collection measure 

 respectively: 1-55 by 1-22; 1*5 by 1-22. 



2. Otjimbinque, Damara-land, 20th Crowley Bequest. 



Sept. (C. J. Anderssori). 



Scops icterorhyncha, Shelley. 



Scops icterorhyncha, Shelley, Ibis, 1873, p. 138 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 ii. p. 103 (1875) ; id. 'Hand-l i. p. 287 (1899). 



An egg of Shelley's Scops Owl is spheroidal in shape, slightly 

 glossy, and measures 1*17 by 1. 



1. Accra, Gold Coast, 28th Feb. (G. Seebohni Coll. 

 E. Shelley}. 



Scops brasiliana (Gm.). 



Scops brasilianus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 108 (1875) ; Scl # Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 539 ; Scl. 8? Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 51 (1889) ; 

 Sharpe t Hand-l. i. p. 288 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 11 

 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 266 (1900). 



An egg of the Brazilian Scops Owl measures 1'37 by 1'16. 



1. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon}. 



Scops asio (Linn.}. 



Strix asio, Thien. Fortpfanz. ges. Vog. tab. xliii. fig. 10 (1845-54). 



Scops asio, Brewer, N. Amer. Oul. pt. i. p. 65, pi. iv. fig. 40 (1856) ; 

 aird, Brewer fy Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 49 (1874) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 114 (1875) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 288 (1899). 



Megascops asio, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 354, pi. xii. 



The eggs of the American Scops Owl are very rounded; they 

 measure from 1'33 to 1'5 in length, and from I'll to 1*25 in 

 breadth. 



3. North America, 28th April. Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 20th May Crowley Bequest. 



(Field Coll.}. 

 3. Kansas Territory, 20th April. Crowley Bequest. 



