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South-African Marsh-Owl is to be reoarJed as distinct 

 from the Algerian form, a new subspecific name must be 

 given to it. I would propose to name it after Sir Andrew 

 Smith, and the three forms of the Marsh-Owl will then 

 stand as follows : — 



Asio tingitanus tingitanus (Loche). North Africa. 



Asio tingitanus andrewsmithi Scl., nom. nov. pro Otus 



(now Asia) capensis Smith. South-east Africa. 

 Asio tingitanus major (SchL). Madagascar. 



Tyto alba. 



The very pale race of the Barn- Owl which is found in 

 southern Arabia and also in Palestine and Muscat is called 

 by Erlanger (J. f. 0. 1904, p. 243) Strix flammea splendens 

 Brehm ('Naumannia,' 1855, p. 270). Hartert, however (Nov. 

 Zool. 1918, p. 40), states that the type of Strix splendens 

 Brehm (Vogelfang, p. 40, 1855) came from C^airo and that 

 it is identical with Tyto alba alba. 



The pale Arabian race seems therefore to require a new 

 name, and 1 would propose to call it 



Tyto alba erlangeri, subsp. nov. 



Type, a female, from Lehej, nr. Aden, in south-west 

 Arabia. Collected by W. Dodson, 24. viii. 99. Now in the 

 British Museum, Reg. no. 1900.8.5.44. 



As pointed out by Hartert (Yogel pal. Faun. p. 1038), it is 

 distinguished from T. a. alba, which it otherwise closely 

 resembles, by its less-feathered tarsus ; the whole of the 

 tarsus and the toes are bare or covered only by a few 

 scanty hair-like feathers. 



There are three examples from near Aden in the Museum 

 collection, as well as others from Muscat, Babylon, and 

 Palestine, all of which appear to be referable to this form. 



Genus Dendropicos. 



The genus Dendropicos was first proposed by Malherbe. 

 The name appears on pp. 316 & 338 of his well-known 

 paper on the classification of the Picidas published in 



