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by localities. The same may also be said of Montagu’s 
Harrier (C. cinereus), of which there is a melanistic — 
variety, killed in France. | | 
Case XLII. 
is also devoted to the Harriers. There are three 
specimens of the rare C. mazllardi |and in small 
Case 21] from the Island of Reunion, to which this 
bird is confined; but unfortunately ours are all — 
immature. The type of C. macrosceles, obtained by 
Sir Edward Newton in Madagascar, also other 
specimens, ten in all, of this Harrier will be found 
in small Cases 22 and 23. A very prettily-displayed 
example of C. maculusus from Brazil will be noticed. 
Case XLIII. 
contains the remainder of the Harriers, consisting of 
a fine series of C. approximans, Gould’s Harrier, an 
Australian species, and an even larger series of 
C. eruginosus, the British Marsh Harrier, from South 
Africa, India, and other localities. This splendid 
array of Harriers consists of 268 mounted birds and 
skins, several skeletons, and many eggs. 
STRIGES. 
The Strviges or Owls are quaint but beautiful birds, 
clothed in soft and abundant feathers, noiseless in 
flight, at night keen of sight, having eyes peculiarly 
adapted for adjustment to their nocturnal habits, and 
ears furnished, in some species, with orifices of 
extraordinary dimensions. <A singular feature in cer- 
tain of the owls is the presence of two tufts of 
feathers on the head, known as “‘Ears” or ‘‘Horns;” 
the absence or otherwise of these tufts of feathers 
has, since the time of Willoughby, been made 
