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The eggs of the South- American Burrowing-Owl vary much in 

 size and shape. Some are broad oval or elliptical in shape and very 

 glossy ; others are spheroidal and only moderately glossy. They 

 measure from 1*12 to 1*35 in length, and from 1'02 to 1*17 in 

 breadth. 



5. Central Chile (L. Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



6. Central Chile (L. L.}. Berkeley James Coll. 



1. Chile (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Speotyto hypogaea (Bp.). 



Speotyto cunicularia, var. hypogaea, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgiv. N. Amer. 



Birds, iii. p. 90 (1874). 



Speotyto cunicularia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 142, part. (1875). 

 Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 395, pi. xii. fig. 14 (1892). 

 Speotyto hypoga3a, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 297. 



Two eggs of the North-American Burrowing-Owl are blunt ovals, 

 very glossy, and measure respectively: 1'2 by 1 ; 1*28 by I'Ol. 



1. Utah, U. S. America. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Oakland?, California. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus GLAUCIDIUM, Bow. 



Glaucidium passerimim (Linn.}. 



Strix passerina, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xliii. fig. 4 (1845-54). 



Glaucidium passerimim, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 45. fig. 3 (1855- 

 63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 349 (1871) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ii. p. 191 (1875) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 297 (1899). 



Strix pusilla, Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 124, pi. (1866) ; iv. p. 201 (1867). 



The eggs of the Pigmy Owl are broad ovals or ellipses in shape 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They measure from 1*1 

 to 1-22 in length, and from '85 to -91 in breadth. 



4. Europe (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Hungary. Seebohm Coll. 



1. St. Petersburg, Russia (Dr. Malm: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Glaucidium radiatum (Tick.}. 



Athene radiata, Bcavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375. 



Glaucidium radiatuin, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 217 (1875) ; Legqe, 



Birds Ceylon, p. 152 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs 2nd. 



Birds, iii. p. 112 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii'i. p. 306 



(1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 299 (1899). 



The eggs of the Jungle-Owlet are generally of a broad elliptical 

 shape and are moderately glossy. They measure from 1'2 to 1*32 

 in length, and from 1 to I'll in breadth. 



