290 INDEX-CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 



Case. 



Fam. STRIGID^. 



Genus. SURNIA. 



60. Saowy Owl. Surnia nyctea, (Linn.). 

 No. 1 (left). Female. 



North Uist, 1884. 

 Presented by Sir John Campbell Ord. Bart., 

 Stuffed in Edinburgh. February 17th, 1885. 



„ 2 (centre). Mature male. 



Stuffed by J. Hancock in 1844. 

 ,, 3 (right). First plumage, showing some down on head 

 and breast. 

 Bought of J. Green in London, December, 1847. 



61. Snowy Owl. 



No. 1 (left). Male. 



North America. 



,, 2 (right). Female. 



Falls of Niagara. 



Keceived 1837. 

 Genus. BUBO. 



62. Eagle Ow^l. Bubo maximus, Fleming. 



No. 1. Female. 



Sweden. 



From Old Museum Collection. 



63. Eagle Owl. 



No. 1. MaTUKE FEMALE. 



1876. 



stuffed 1884. J. Hancock. 



64. Eagle Owl. 



No. 1. Mature male. 



Shot on the Volga, Russia, 1863. 



Stuffed 1884 by J. Hancock. 

 Genus. OTUS. 



65. Short-eared Owl. Otus brachyotos, (Forster) 

 No. 1 (left). 



Taken on a ship in the North Sea, Sept., 1836. 



Presented to J. H. by Capt. "Warham of the 



" Lord Gam bier" "Whaler. 

 „ 2 (right). 



Northumberland, 1836. 



