340 



Micropallas wlu'tneyi, Bendire, Life-IIist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 411, 

 pi. xii. fig. 13 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand.-l. i. p. 299 (1899). 



Three eggs of Whitney's Owl are spheroidal in shape and 

 slightly glossy. They measure respectively : 1-02 by -87 ; '99 by 

 83 ; 1-05 by -9. 



2. [New Mexico (Field Coll}.} Orowley Coll. 



1. Lowell, New Mexico, 17th "May. Orowley Coll. 



Family STRIGID.E. 



Genus STRIX, Linn. 



The eggs of the Barn-Owls are typically oval in shape, one end 

 being distinctly pointed, smooth in texture, and moderately glossy. 



Strix flammea, Linn. 



Strix flanimea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xliii. fig. 1, a, b (1845- 

 64) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 42. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; Hewitson, 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 61, pi. xvii. fig. i (1856) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. ii. p. 291 (1875) ; id. ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, 

 p. 82 (1875-84) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 237 (1879) ; Cowan, 

 Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882) ; Seebohm, Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 21, pi. 6. fig. 3 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 300 

 (1896). 



Aluco flammeus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 148, pi. 7 (1883). 



The eggs of the Barn -Owl measure from 1-48 to 1*8 in length, 

 and from 1*15 to 1'35 in breadth. 



10. Hatherton, Cheshire, 10th June. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Haddon Hall, Derbyshire (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm). 



4. Ashley, Staffordshire (Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Cambridgeshire (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



8. Chawton, Hants. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Devonshire. Mus. Montagu. 



2. Hendon, Middlesex (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Finchley, Middlesex (O. S.) Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. France (Noury : Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Louviers, France, 7th May (Noury : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Vosges, France (Mougel : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll). 



4. Pomerania(7 7 . Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Tunis. L. Fraser, Esq. [0.]. 



1. River Nile, 18th March (.7. H. Coch- Seebohm Coll. 



rane). 



1. South Africa (T. Atmore: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



