SURNIA. ATHENE. 355 



v. p. 301 (1872) ; Sharps Oit. Birds B. M. ii. p. 129 (187' 

 Hand-L i. p. 29<5 (1899). 



Sumia funerea, Heicitson, Ey<i* of Brit. Birds, i. p. Go, pi. xviii. fig. i 

 (Ivffii: 8eebokm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 183 (1883) ; id. EgysofBrif. 

 Birds, p. 26 (1896). 



The eggs of the Hawk-Owl are oval or elliptical in shape, smooth 

 in texture, and glossy. They measure from 1-47 to 1*59 in length, 

 and from 1*15 to 1-25 in breadth. 



2. Lapland, 13th June (H. W. Wheel- Seebohm Coll. 



wrif/htj). 



3. Quickjock, Lapland, June (//. Crowley Bequest. 



W. W.}. 



7. Lapland (A. Neictori). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Tana Elv, Lapland. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Mielmooka-vara, Lapland (J. Seebohm Coll. 



Wottey). 



1. Tepasto, Lapland (J. W. \. Crowley Bequest. 

 Muonio, Lapland, 19th April. Crowley Bequest. 



7. Norway. Seebohm ColL 



Surma caparoch (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Surnia ulula, Ross, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 277 ; id. Canad. Nat. vii. 



p. 143 (1862). 

 Surnia funerea. Dre*ser, Birds Eur. v. p. 309 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. ii. p. 131 (183 

 Surnia ulula, var. hudsonia, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. 



p. 75 H*74). 

 Surnia ulula caparoch, Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 155 (1887) ; 



MacFarlam, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 437 (1891) ; Bendire, 



Life-Ui<t. X Amer. Birds, i. p. 293, pi. xii. fig. 18 (1892). 

 Surnia'caparoch, Sharjx, Hnnd-l. \. p. 296 (1899). 



The eggs of the American Hawk-Owl are not separable from 

 those of S. ulula. They measure from 1*53 to 1-64 in length, and 

 from 1-18 to 1-23 in breadth. 



3. Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River B. R Ross, Esq. [P.] 

 District, North America, 



2. Anderson River Fort, Arctic Salvin-Godman Coll. 



America (R. MacFarlane : 

 Smiths. Inst.Y 



1 . Lower Y ukon River, Alaska (E. W. Salvin-Godman ColL 

 ,n: Henthaw Coll.). 



Genus ATHENE, Boit. 



Athene noctna (Scop.). 



Strix noctua, Thien. Fartpflanz. gev. Vog. tab. xliii. fig. 2, a-c (1845-54). 

 Athene noctua, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 42. fig. 4 (1855-63); 



Drtsser, Bird* Eur. v. p. 357 (1871) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 296 (1899). 

 Noctua nudipes, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, L p. 67, pi. xix. fig. iii 



(1856). 



