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1875. Sharpe, E. B. Catalogue | of tlie | Striges, | or | Nocturnal Birds of Prey, j in 

 the I collection | of the | British Museum. | By E. Bowdler Sharpe. | London : 

 I printed by order of the Trustees. | 1875. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. i-xii, 1-326, ijll. 

 i-xv, and numberless cuts in text. 



This is the second vol. of the new Catalogue of the Birds of the Biitish Mtiseum, entitled 

 as foUows : Catalogue | of the | Birds | of the | British Museum. | Volume II. | London : ] 

 printed by order of the Trustees. | 1875. It catalogues 1, 090 specimens of Owls, of which, 

 there are in the Museum 153 species, leaving 37 desiderata of the 190 spp. supposed to be 

 known. The plan of the work, as was that on the Falconidce, which forms Vol. I, is much 

 more highly developed than was th.it of the old Brit. Mus. Catalogues, being in fact a con- 

 siderable monograph of the birds of which the work treats. The aiithor legards the Striges 

 as an order, which he divides into two families, Buhonidce and Strigidce, according to the 

 structure of the feet and sternum; the latter family containing only the genera Strix ("Bam 

 Owls") and Phodilus. The JBubonidce are divided into the two subfamilies, Buhonince and 

 Syrniince, according to the structure of the ear-conch and facial disc. Analyses of all the 

 genera are given, and the species are very elaborately described, with extensive synonymy, 

 geograijhioal distribution, and critical comment. Fourteen genera ot Buhonince and three of 

 Syrniince are recognized. Analytical keys to the species, as well as to the genera, are pre- 

 sented. "Whatever may be said of the author's general attitude in classification, and in dis- 

 crimination of species, his work is obviously very carefully and faithfully done. 



The following appear to be new names: Scops stictonotus, p. 54; S. ruftpennis,p. 60; S. 

 bouruensis, p. 73; S. albiventris, p. 78; S. guatemalce, p. 112; Syrnium spilonotum ("Gray, 

 descr. nulla"), p. 277. 



The plates are as follows : I, Seotopelia bouvieri. U, Bubo shelleyi. Ill, f. 1, Scops capensis; 

 f. 2, S. stictonotus. TV, f. 1, S. malayanus; f. 2, S. gymnopodus. V, S. magicus. VI, S. leuco- 

 spilus. VII, f. 1, S. morotensis; f. 2, S. bouruensis. VIII, f. 1, S. albiventris; f. 2, S. inenda- 

 nensis. IX, S. guatemalce. S, S. hypogramma. XI, f. 1, Ninox hantu; f. 2, iV. ochraeea. 

 XH, f. 1, N.fusca; f. 2, N. gquamipila. STU, f. 1, Qlaucidiuin cobanense; f. 2, G. tephronotum. 

 SrV, Strix Jlammea. 



1875. ''Speotyto Floridanus." Adventures of a Scientific Owl. <^ Am. Sportsman, 

 T, Mar. 27, 1875, p. 401. 



Humorous history of Speotyto floridanus. The bird, confined in the Smithsonian Tower, 

 destroyed the type specimen Helminthophaga leucobronchialis ; cf. CouES, B. O. V., pt. i, 

 1878, p. 213. 



1875. ''Wolverene." My Owl [Scops asio], etc. <^Am. S2}ortsman,Y, 1875,Feh. 20, 



p. 347. 



1876. AiSfON. [Nyctea nivea unusually abundant at Boston. ] <^ Forest and Stream, 



vii, Nov. 23, 1876, p. 245. (See p. 261.) 

 1876. Anon. [Nyctea nivea at Norfolk, Va., and in South Carolina.] <^ Forest and 



Stream, vii, Dec. 7, 1876, p. 276. (See pp. 245, 261. ) 

 1876. Boies, A. H. A Wary Owl [Nyctea nivea ?]. < Bod and Gun, ix, Nov. 25, 1876, 



p. 116. 

 1876. "Cau." The Snowy Owls [at Boston]. < Forest and Stream, vii, Nov. 30, 1876, 



P.26L (See p. 245.) 

 1876. Clark-Kennedy, A. J. Barn Owl and Shrew. <^Zoologi8t, 2d ser. , xi. May, 1876, 



pp. 4922, 4923. 



1876. Dunbar, S. M. Bad Place for Owls. < Bod and Gun, ix, Nov. 25, 1876, p. 116. 

 Various species at BaldwinsviUe, IT. T. 



1876. Gatcombe, J. Occurrence of the Snowy Owl on Dartmoor. <[ Zoologist, 2d 

 ser. , xi, May, 1876, pp. 4921, 4922. 



1876. GuRNEY, J. H., .Tr. Claws of the Hawk Owl. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., xi, Feb., 



1876, p. 4795. 

 1876. GuRNEY, J. H., Jr. Barn Owl and Shrew. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., xi, Apr. , 1875, 



p. 4871. 



1876. GuRNEY, J. H., Jr. Barn Owl and Eat. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., xi, Apr., 1876, p. 



4871. 



1876. GuRNEY, J. H., Jr. On the Snowy Owl Nesting in Confinement. <C Zoologist, 

 2d ser., xi, Aug., 1876, pp. 5041, 5042. 



