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(from Khartoum)" (Nov. Zool. 1902, p. 428). Strix 

 flammea from Kalao, a small island south of Celebes, will pro- 

 bably be referable to S. flammea javauica (Hartert, ib. 1896, 

 p. 177). On the other hand, the same savant says of a 

 specimen from Sumba, " this bird does not seem separable 

 from S. flammea tijpica" (ib. 1896, p. 588), but soon after- 

 wards it was given subspecific rank (8. flammea sumbaensis 

 Hart. ib. 1897, p. 270). This is a good instance of the 

 difficulty of determining the various subspecies or forms of 

 Barn-Owls. 



P.S. — Since I wrote this paper I have received the following 

 additional note from Mr. Max Bartels : — 



"The capture of this fine Owl I owe, singularly enough, 

 wholly to some Drongos {Dicrurus lonyus). Observing some 

 of these birds chasing an Owl, which I took at first for a 

 Fishing-Owl (Ketupa), not uncommon hereabouts, the 

 perseverance of their attacks induced me to follow them. 

 Led by the loudly crying Drongos I easily found the Owl, 

 hidden in the thick foliage of a tree, and shot it. At a glance 

 I saw that it was of a species not yet obtained by me, 

 undoubtedly new to Java, and perhaps also to science. 



"The stomach contained only a few remains of large 

 beetles." 



XXVI. — On the Birds collected in Transcaucasia by 

 Mr. A. M. Kobylin. By S. A. Buturlin. 



During the past three years Mr. A. M. Kobylin has been 

 accustomed to send to me for identification the bird-skins 

 obtained by him in Transcaucasia, and he has now kindly 

 given his consent to the publication of my notes concerning 

 them. The collection was made partly in the western portion 

 of Transcaucasia — near Kutais and in the Low r er Ition Valley, 

 and partly in the central portion of Transcaucasia — near 

 Akhalzikh (Tifliz Government) and near Ssuram (Tifliz 

 Gov., Gori Distr.). A list of birds from the last-named 



