134 EGYPTIAN EARED OWL. 



low grounds, exactly as our Strix bracliyotus. A friend 

 of mine, M. Garstensen, C. M., in Copenhagen, who 

 was staying in Tangiers as ornithological collector during 

 the last winter months, and who has recently returned 

 with many well-prepared birds' skins and eggs, assured 

 me that this Owl inhabited also the neighbouring coasts 

 of Spain, and that he had observed it upon its flight 

 to and fro, an assurance which given by so intelligent 

 as well as conscientious and truth-loving a man, leaves 

 no doubt whatever; the more so since M. Garstensen, 

 a son of the former consul in Morocco, where he was 

 himself born and educated, is thoroughly acquainted 

 with the language of the natives, and he at the same 

 time conferred upon the subject with a French collector." 

 Mr. Gurney thinks the bird alluded to was the Otus 

 capensis of Smith, "Birds of South Africa," plate 67, 

 as he has frequently received this bird from Tangiers. 

 I think the statement of Kjoerbolling much too in- 

 definite to permit the introduction of either Strix or 

 Otus capensis into the European list. I draw however 

 the attention of naturalists to the subject, and shall be 

 glad to hear from any of them who can afford me any 

 positive information upon it. 



I take this opportunity of correcting one or two 

 errors in Part VII: — Falco tachardus, though alluded 

 to as F. capensis, is not stated by Schlegel to be an 

 inhabitant of Japan. When I wrote this notice I had 

 not access to Schlegel's work, but I took the synonyme, 

 which is however correct, from Bonaparte's "Consp. 

 Gen. Avium," and drew the natural inference, that as 

 Bonaparte had given Schlegel's "Fauna Japonica" as 

 his authority for the synonyme, the bird was a native 

 of Japan. Nepal will therefore remain at present the 

 eastern limit of this species. 



