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BUBONIDJE. 



Carine noctua, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 133 (1875). 



i. p. 174, 

 Brit. Birds, p. 25, pi. 6. fig. 5 (1896). 



Noctua noctua, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 174, pi. 7 (1883) ; id. Eggs of 



The eggs of the Little Owl are spheroidal in shape, smooth in 

 texture, and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They measure 

 from 1*28 to 1/46 in length, and from 1-05 to 1/2 in breadth. 



5. Elbeuf, France, 8th May (Njury : 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 3. Elbeuf (Noury : Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Near Elbeuf,' 13th May (Noury: 



Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Near Elbeuf (Noury: Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Near Marseilles. 



4. South Spain, 2nd May. 

 3. Holland (J. Baker). 

 3. Onderkerk, Holland, 31st May 

 (J. B.). 



3. Norway, 23rd July (R. Collett). 



4. Pomerania, 1st May (T. Holland). 



2. Saxony, 24th April. 



3. Attica, Greece (T. Krilper). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Athene glaux (Savign.). 



Athene numida, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 190. 

 Carine meridionalis, Shelley, Birds Egypt, p. 177 (1872). 

 Carine glaux, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 135 (1875). 

 Athene glaux, Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 367 (1877) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 296 (1899). 



The eggs of the Southern Little Owl resemble those of A. noctua. 

 They measure from 1*22 to 1-4 in length, and from 1-06 to 1-1 in 

 breadth, but one very large specimen from Egypt measures 1/45 by 

 1-21. 



6. Larnaka, Cyprus. 



2. Egypt. 



1. Egypt, 17th March (G.E.Shelley). 



1. Egypt, 17th April (S. Stafford 



Allen). 



1. Egypt, 22nd April (S. S. A.). 

 1. Tunis (C.A. Wright). 

 4. Sfaks, Tunis, 13th May. 

 1. Chemora, Algeria, 18th May 



(0. Salvin). 

 1 . Madracen, Algeria, 27th May (0. S.) . 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Old Collection. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Athene brama (Temm.). 



Carine brama, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 138 (1875) ; Gates ed. 



Hume, Nests # Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 108 (1890). 

 Athene brama, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 801 (1895) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 296 (1899). 



