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  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Gurney 
  on 
  Raptorial 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Scelospizias 
  in 
  the 
  Norwich 
  Museum. 
  

  

  S.francesi 
  

  

  S. 
  pusillus 
  

  

  S. 
  brutus 
  

  

  S. 
  polyzonoides 
  

  

  ^S". 
  badius 
  

  

  *S'. 
  poliopsis 
  

  

  S. 
  cenchroides 
  

  

  S. 
  sphenurus 
  

  

  S. 
  brevipes 
  

  

  S. 
  tachiro 
  

  

  aS'. 
  undtdiventer 
  

  

  S. 
  toussenelii 
  

  

  More 
  specimens 
  of 
  S. 
  brutus 
  are 
  wanted. 
  Our 
  example, 
  

   which 
  in 
  the 
  lapse 
  of 
  years 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  faded, 
  is 
  labelled 
  

   " 
  Yeux 
  jaunes, 
  bee 
  bleuatre 
  d^indigo, 
  pattes 
  jaunes. 
  ? 
  tuee 
  

   ce 
  6 
  Juin, 
  1864." 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  liberality 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Seebohm 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  

   indebted 
  for 
  an 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Owls 
  in 
  the 
  

   shape 
  of 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  >Scoj95 
  e/f^faws 
  (Cassin), 
  the 
  S. 
  semi- 
  

   torques 
  of 
  Seebohm, 
  from 
  the 
  Loo-Choo 
  Islands, 
  between 
  

   Formosa 
  and 
  Japan 
  (but 
  not 
  the 
  ^S. 
  semitorques 
  of 
  Temminck 
  

   and 
  Sclilegel, 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  already 
  possessed 
  a 
  large 
  series). 
  

   It 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Pryer 
  in 
  January 
  1887, 
  

   and 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  my 
  father 
  in 
  ' 
  The 
  Ibis,' 
  

   1889 
  (p. 
  303). 
  Only 
  five 
  examples 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  Mr. 
  See- 
  

   bohm 
  (P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1890, 
  p. 
  345), 
  including 
  the 
  two 
  which 
  

   Stejneger 
  described. 
  We 
  still 
  require 
  examples 
  of 
  several 
  

   new 
  subspecies 
  of 
  Scops 
  and 
  of 
  S. 
  insidaris 
  (Tristr.) 
  . 
  

  

  Other 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made, 
  such 
  as 
  Ninox 
  di- 
  

   morpha 
  (Salvadori) 
  from 
  Jobie 
  Island, 
  north 
  of 
  New 
  

   Guinea, 
  which 
  we 
  already 
  had 
  under 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  of 
  

   Hieroglaux, 
  and 
  ^salon 
  suckleyi, 
  from 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A, 
  C. 
  Brooks 
  as 
  a 
  companion 
  to 
  one 
  he 
  gave 
  

   before. 
  jE. 
  suckleyi 
  (Ridgway) 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  race 
  and 
  yE. 
  richard- 
  

   soni 
  a 
  pale 
  race 
  of 
  ^. 
  columbarius. 
  My 
  father 
  says 
  he 
  had 
  

   not 
  seen 
  jE. 
  richardsoni 
  (when 
  writing 
  his 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  

   Merlins," 
  Ibis, 
  1882, 
  p. 
  161), 
  though 
  the 
  Museum 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  two 
  young 
  birdsffrom 
  Monterey 
  which 
  he 
  afterwards 
  

  

  