330 BFBON1BJE. 



The egg of Raffles's Brown Hawk-Owl in the Collection measures 

 1-47 by 1-28. 

 1. Ceylon, 7th April (Hart}. Hume Coll. 



Ninox japonica (Temm. $ Schleg.). 



Ninox hirsuta japonica, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 131 (1891). 

 Ninox japonica, Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 290 (1899). 

 Ninox scutulata, Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 11 (1899). 



Five eggs of the Japanese Brown Hawk-Owl measure respectively : 

 1-52 by 1-2; 1-65 by 1-27; 1-6 by 1-24; 1-49 by 1-23; 1'49 by 1-2. 



1. Amur-land (Nehrkorn Coll). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Amur-land, 3rd May. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Amur-land, 9th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Ninox boobook (Lath.). 



Spiloglaux boobook, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 74 (1865). 



Ninox boobook, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 168 (1875) ; North, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 25, pi. vi. tig. 6 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-L i. p. 291 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 11 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 43 (1901). 



Four eggs of the Boobook Hawk-Owl measure respectively : 

 1-55 by 1-33 ; 1-64 by 1*39 ; 1-62 by 1-35 ; 1-53 by 1-33. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Queensland, 7th Nov. (North Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Gippslaiid,Victoria,Nov.(^.e7!JVbrA). Crowley Bequest. 



Ninox connivens (Lath.). 



Hieracoglaux connivens, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 71 (1865). 



Ninox connivens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 175 (1875) ; North, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 25 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 291 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 46 (1901). 



The eggs of the Winking Hawk-Owl in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-95 by 1-6 ; 1-98 by 1-5 ; 1-91 by 1-5. 



1. West Australia, Oct. (Gilbert). Gould Coll. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



22nd Oct. (North Coll.). 



Ninox superciliaris ( Vieill.). 



Ninox superciliaris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 181 (1875) ; Cowan, 

 Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 292 (1899). 



Athene (Ninox) superciliaris, Milne-Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nat. 

 Madag., Ois. i. p. 126 (1879). 



Two eggs of the Madagascar Hawk-Owl measure respectively : 

 1-35 by 1-08; 1-36 by I'l. 



2. Tamala Country, Madagascar ( W. Crowley Bequest. 

 Deans Cowan: Tristram Coll.). 



