EGYPTIAN EARED OWL. 135 



The second mistake arose from the position of E. 

 leucurus in Bonaparte's "Comparative List of North 

 American and European Birds." Being placed exactly 

 opposite to E. melanopterus, I took it without sufficient 

 consideration as an intended synonyme of the latter, 

 which does not occur in North America. Mr. Gurney 

 also thinks that M. ater has never been taken south of 

 the Equator, or from any locality further east than 

 Affghanistan. 



