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Cuculus himalayanus. — A Cuckoo has been recorded from Transcaspia under this name by 

 Zarudny (Rech. Zool. Contr. Trauscasp. p. 51) as distinct from 0. canorus, and I am indebted to 

 Prof. Menzbier for the loan of specimens for comparison, and find that they are referable to the 

 small race of C. canorus with narrower bars, which Captain Shelley says (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. 

 p. 245) is "found in Morocco, and apparently throughout the whole Mediterraneo-Persic 

 subregion, extending down the Red Sea to East Africa and the Persian Gulf." 



Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.). — Temminck and Gould both include this North-American 

 Owl, and the latter figures it (B. of Eur. i. pi. xlvi.), and both state that it occurs in Norway and 

 Sweden ; but there does not appear to be any proof of its having been obtained in Europe. 



Nyctala acadica (Gmel.). — A specimen is recorded by Sir William Milner from near 

 Beverley, Yorkshire (Zool. 1860, p. 7104), but this is doubtless an error in the identification of the 

 specimen. This Owl is a common species in North America. 



Scops asio (Linn.). — One is said to have been shot near Kirkstall xlbbey, Yorkshire, in 1852, 

 and one near Yarmouth, but both these occurrences are doubtful. This Owl is common in North 

 America. 



Bubo sibiricus (Schl. & Susem.). — According to Prof. Menzbier (Orn. du Turkestan, p. 260), 

 this Eagle-Owl has occurred as far west as the Perm and Orenburg Governments, and 1 have 

 great doubts as to whether I should include it, but, not having seen any specimen killed in 

 Europe, I decided that it was rather premature to do so. Prof. Menzbier also states that Bubo 

 turcomanus ranges as far west as the Aralo-Caspian plains. 



Otogyps auricularis (Daud.). — Temminck stated that this Vulture was found in Spain ; and 

 Messrs. Degland and Gerbe say that there are two specimens in the museum at Marseilles — -one 

 from the mountains of Provence, and the other from Spain ; but more recent authorities doubt 

 the occurrence of this species in Europe. 



Buteo borealis (Gmel.). — Sterland and Whitaker (List of Birds of Notts, p. 9) state that one 

 was killed in Nottinghamshire in the autumn of 1860, but I do not believe that this has been 

 confirmed. 



Buteo lineatus (Gmel.). — One is recorded (Ibis, 1865, p. 549) as having been shot at 

 Kingussie, Inverness-shire, on the 26th February, 1863, by Mr. J. M c Donald, and sold by him 

 with a lot of Common Buzzards to Mr. Mansfield, from whom it was purchased by Mr. Baker 

 of Cambridge, but it is quite possible that it was " changed at nurse." Both this and the 

 preceding species are inhabitants of North America. 



Archibuteo sancti-johannis (Gmel.). — A specimen was recorded (Zool. 1876, pp. 4814, 4870) 

 from North Devonshire, but it proved [l. c. p. 4901) to be a dark variety of Archibuteo lagopus. 



Astur atriccqrillus (Wils.). — One is recorded (Ibis, 1S70, p. 292) as having been killed in 

 Perthshire in 1869, a second in Tipperary in 1870 (Ibis, 1870, p. 538), and a third in King's 

 County in 1870 (Zool. 1871, p. 2524) ; but this Goshawk differs so little from Astur palumbarius 



