DISTRIBUTION OF BARN-OWLS. 



13 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



Middle toe 



inclies. 



inclies. 



inclies. 



inclies. 



11-4-12-4 



5-0-5-5 



2-2-2-4 



1-05-1-15 



11-3-11-9 



4-8-5-5 



2-4-2-5 



1-2 



11-0-11-8 



5-0-5-3 



2-3-2-4 



1-15-1-25 



12-1 



5-1 



2-35 



1-25 



11-7-12-0 



4-9-5-3 



2-5-2-8 



1-2-1-25 



10-4-11 -0 



4-2-4-4 



2-35-2-45 



1-15 



121 



4-8 



2-5 



1-2 



11-4-12-4 



4-5-5-2 



2-35-2-75 



1-25-1-3 



11-8-12-8 



5-0-5-4 



2-5-2-7 



1-2-1-25 



11-0-12-5 



5-0-5-5 



2-2-2-75 



1-35-1-45 



11-6 



5-2 



2-5 



1-4 



11-8 



5-0 



2-4 



1-35 



]l-6 



5-3 



2-9 



1-4 



12-4 



50 



2-9 



1-45 



11-6 



5-2 



2-55 



1-4 



10-8-11-8 



4-8 



2-4-2-6 



1-3-1-4 



10-0-10-8 



4-5-5-0 



2-5-2-6 



1-2-1-3 



England 

 France . 

 Germany 

 Egypt . 

 Tangier 

 Senegambia 

 Abyssinia . 

 Soutb Africa 

 Madagascar 

 India . 

 Ceylon . 

 Burmali 

 Java 

 Siam 

 Lombock 

 Australia 

 Samoa . 



It will be seen that the English specimens^ and, indeed, the European 

 birds generally, are for the most part smaller as regards the middle toe^ and 

 that the Indian and Malayan examples are the largest ; but the variation 

 is very gradual. A summary is as follows : — 





Wing. 



Tarsus. 



Middle toe. 





inches. 



inches. 



inches. 



Palaearctic Region . . . 



. 11-0-12-4 



2-2-2-8 



1-05-1-25 



Ethiopian Eegion . . . 



. 10-4-12-8 



2-35-2-75 



1-15-1-3 



Indian Region .... 



11-0-12-5 



2-2-2-75 



1-35-1-45 



Malayan Region . . 



11-6-12-4 



2-55-2-9 



1-4-1-45 



Australian Region . . . 



10-0-11-8 



2-4-2-6 



1-2-1-4 



"With these may be compa 



red the American specimens 



\ 





Wing. 



Tarsus. 



Middle toe. 





inches. 



inches. 



inches. 



Nearctic Region . . . 



. 12-9-14-0 



2-65-315 



1-4-1-55 



Neotropical Region : — 









Central America . 



. 12-5-13-7 



2-8-3-25 



1-3-1-6 



Antilles^ Jamaica , 



13-1-13-4 



2-95 



1-6-1-65 



South America . . . 



11-6-13-4 



2-45-2-95 



1-25-1-5 



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