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Bubo bubo. 



JL />. 1 iirconiaiius (Eversm.), (^=r]hibi) ujnanis, F. B. I.) 

 A scarce winter visitor, usually seen singly, from late 



August to the inieUlle oE February. I never saw or heard 



one in summer. There are several specimens in the t^uetta 



Museum. 



I never heard or saw any form of: Scops Owl at Quetta, 



though they have been reported in April. Otasi hrwei has 



been obtained at Chanian. 



Asio otus. • 



^1. 0. of us (L.). 

 A female in the Quetta Museum was obtained locally on 

 2. xii. 



Asio flammeus. 



A. f. flammeiis Pontopp. (^Asio arcip/trinns, F. B. I.) 

 There are specimens in the Quetta Museum obtained 

 locally on 21. iv. and in January. 



Athene noctua. 



A. I). Jturtriana Hutt. 



One specmen was obtained near (Jhaman on the Afghan 

 border on 22. x. 13. Little Owls were common there, and 

 probably all belong to this race. 



Athene brama. 



A. h. tann/eus/s (Hodgs.). 



Little Owls are abundant residents at Quetta, breeding 

 freely in earth-cliffs, and banks, but unfortunately I only 

 secured one specimen and failed to determine the many 

 specimens in the Quetta Museum, where they are all labelled 

 Athene hactriana. My bird iigrees with examples collected 

 by Sarudny and Hiirms from Persian Baluchistan, this form 

 being much lighter coloured than Athene h. hrama of India. 



Falco peregrinus. 



F. ji. iKO'e<ir\nator Sund. 

 A female of this race was shot at Khushdil on 2Q. x. and 



