SYBNIUM. 331 



Sub-Family SYRNIIN^E. 



Genus SYRNIUM, Savign. 



The eggs of the Wood-Owls are typically short rounded ovals or 

 ellipses in shape, smooth in texture, and with a considerable amount 

 of gloss. 



Syrnium aluco (Linn.}. 



Strix aluco, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xliii. fig. 5, a-c (1845-54) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 154, pi. 6 (1883). 

 Syrnium aluco, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 42. fig. 5 (1855-63); 



Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 262 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 247 



(1875) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 271 (1879) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 22, pi. 6. fig. 9 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 293 (1899). 

 Syrnium stndula, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 63, pi. xviii. fig. ii 



(1856). 



The eggs of the Tawny Owl measure from 1-76 to 1-95 in length, 

 and from 1*45 to 1-6 in breadth. 



3. Knockie, Inverness-shire, 17th April Seebohm Coll. 



(Hargitt Coll.}. 



3. Knockie, 21st April (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



1 . Ley burn, Yorkshire, 7th April ( Har- Seebohm Coll. 



ff&t Coll.}. 



2. Brize Norton, Oxfordshire (H. See- Seebohm Coll. 



bohm). 



1. Elveden, Suffolk, 6th April. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Epping Forest, near London (O. Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin: Tristram Coll.}. 



2. Farnham, Surrey. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. New Forest, Hants (Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. New Forest, 13th March (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Sounder*). 



2. New Forest, 4th May. Crowley Bequest. 



2. New Forest, 14th May. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Great Wood, Alton, Hants. Crowley Bequest. 

 3. Foret de Bord, Elbeuf, France, 10th Seebohm Coll. 



April (Noury : Hargitt Coll.}. 



3. Foret de Bord,' 16th April (boury: Seebohm Coll. 

 Hargitt Coll}. 



3. Pomerania (T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Brunswick, 23rd March. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Forest of Gilead, Palestine, 29th Crowley Bequest. 

 April (H. B. Tristram}. 



Syrnium uralense (PaU.). 



Syrnium uralense, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 255 (1875) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. v. p. 277 (1879) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 138 

 (1891) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i p. 293 (1899). 



Four eggs of the Ural Owl measure respectively : 1-98 by 1-6 ; 

 1-93 by 1-65; 2-06 by 1-65; 1-9 by 1-6. 



4. Amur-land, 1st May (Dorries). Crowley Bequest. 



