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3. Princeton, New Jersey, 17th April Princeton University [E.]. 

 ( W. E. D. Scott). 



4. Princeton, 17th April ( W. E. I). .). Princeton University 



1. Princeton, 20th April ( W. E. D. S.). Princeton University 



3. Princeton, 21st April (W. E. D. S.). Princeton University 



3. Princefield, New Jersey, 12th April Princeton University 



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(W.E.D.S.}. 



Scops floridana, Ridgw. 



Scops asio, var. floridana, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, in. 



p. 51 (1874). 

 Scops floridana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. ] 18 (1875) ; id. Hand-l. i. 



p. 288 (1899). 

 Megascops asio floridanus, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 358 



(1892). 



Three eggs of the Florida Scops Owl measure respectively : 1-23 

 by 1-04; 1-27 by 1-05; 1-24 by 1-07. 



3. Florida (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



Scops macfarlanei (Breiuster). 



Megascops asio macfarlanei, Brewster, Auk, viii. p. 140 (1801) ; Bendire, 



Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 371, pi. xii. fig. 9 (1892). 

 Scops macfarlanei, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 289 (1899). 



Three eggs of Macfarlane's Scops Owl measure respectively : 1-33 

 by 1-19 : T36 by T2 ; 1-35 by 1-17. 



3. Washington Co., U.S.A. (Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Coll.}. 



Genus NINOX, Hodgs. 



The eggs of the Brown Hawk-Owls are shortened ovals or ellipses, 

 approaching the spheroidal, and are moderately glossy. 



Ninox lugubris (Tickell), 



Ninox lugubris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 154 (1875) ; id. Hand-l. 



i. p. 290 (1899). 

 Ninox scutulata, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 309, part. (1895). 



The eggs of Tickell's Brown Hawk-Owl measure from 1-55 to 1-6 

 in length, and from 1-3 to 1-36 in breadth. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 5th March. Hume Coll. 



3. Sikhim Terai, 16th March. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sikhim Terai, 24th March. Hume Coll. 



Ninox scutulata, Raffles. 



Ninox scutulata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 156 (1875); Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 145 (1878) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, 

 iii. p. Ill (1800); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 309, part. 

 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 290 (1899). 



