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plumage is white, it is interesting to note that this form is fomid in La 

 Gruy^re, where a fine example was taken some years ago at the chateau of 

 the town of BuUe." Bailly says it is the most common of all the Owls in 

 Savoy (Orn. Sav. p. 189). 



Austria. Fritsch records it as resident and breeding in Bohemia 

 (J. f. O. 1872, p. 379), and he figures a moderately light- coloured specimen 

 in his ' Vogel Europa's ' (tab. xi. fig. 4). Count Wodzicki notices it in the 

 Tatra Mountains and the Galician Carpathians (J. f. O. 1853, p. 432). 



Messrs. Danford and Harvie- Brown (Ibis, 1875, p. 296) relate that it 

 " seems to have been formerly very common throughout Transylvania, bat 

 is now becoming much scarcer. We obtained one near Bogat, on the Maros. 

 That, and all the stuffed specimens which we saw, varied from our British 

 type considerably, and were much darker in plumage. Herr Otto says it has 

 established itself among the rushes at the lake of Katona. It is common 

 about Hermannstadt." 



Our two Austrian specimens in the Museum we owe to the kindness 

 of Mr. Howard Saunders, who allowed me to have them out of his private 

 collection in order to complete our series. 



Q. A female from Silesia, bearing date July 26, 1870, is rather dark 

 above, quite as dark as the Esher and Paris specimens ; below it is very 

 pure white, thickly marked with triangular spots of ashy brown, the chest 

 with a slight tinge of orange ; five bands on the primaries, four on the tail. 

 Total length 11*5 inches, wing 11'8, tail 5*0, tarsus 2*4, middle toe i"35. 



R. A male from Silesia : a beautiful dark specimen described by me 

 in the catalogue. Entirely grey above and deep orange below ; bands on 

 primaries fve, on tail five. Total length 13'0 inches, wing 118, tail 5*5, 

 tarsus 2*3, middle toe ri5*. 



Poland. Dr. Taczanowski tells us that it is common. 



* These two specimens were registered, by inadvertencej as from Schleswig. 



