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sent us by M. Moquin-Tandon, with the following 

 remarks: — "This drawing was also sent to me by M. 

 des Murs, when he had his collection. I do not know 

 the country in which it was taken. I have since ob- 

 tained an egg of this bird from Sardinia, which 

 resembles exactly that of the drawing I send you." 



With this bird I terminate my description of the 

 European Owls. Schlegel has admitted into the Cata- 

 logue another small Owl, under the name of Strix 

 noctua meridionalis , the S. noctua of Forskal, Noctua 

 glaux of Savigny, and S. passerina of Ruppell. This 

 is however generally believed by naturalists to be only 

 a pale variety of our Little Owl, ( Strix noctua. J It 

 is found in Spain and Egypt. Most naturalists have 

 also admitted into the list S. nebulosa, the Barred Owl 

 of Pennant, a North American species, well described 

 in "Fauna Boreali Americana," and in Audubon's and 

 Wilson's works. It is said to have been taken in the 

 extreme north of Europe, but I can find no authentic 

 account of its capture. It is admitted with great doubt 

 by Degland, and omitted by Schlegel. It does not 

 appear to have been observed by any of the northern 

 naturalists; and M. Sundevall, as quoted by Degland, 

 says it has never been observed in Europe, but that it 

 was admitted into the Catalogue by an error in the 

 name. 



My attention has been drawn by Mr. Gurney, to 

 the following extract from "Naumannia," a German 

 ornithological periodical, for 1852: — 



"Strix capensis, Smith, (not Lath., ) occurs as a 

 stationary bird along the coast of Northern Africa, 

 from Tangiers as far as Morocco, in broken and marshy 



