Norwich Castle Museum. Be 
of Thorpe, by whom it was obtained in Japan; there 
is also a skeleton of this bird. ‘This fine bird intro- 
duces us to the true Eagle Owls of the genus 4ubo 
found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, the 
first of which is Budo pacificus, from Chilliwack in 
British Columbia, and on the bottom shelf are fine 
examples of the North American Eagle Owl JB. 
Virginianus. 
Case XLVII. 
contains B. maximus, a species which has a very wide 
geographical range. It has occasionally been met 
with at large in the British Isles, but whether wild 
birds or escapes, is not certain. The nestlings here 
shown are from Amoy. ‘The specimens of &. szbtricus 
in this case are from the river Volga. In 
Case XLVIII. 
the Eagle Owls are continued, the next genus being 
that of Urrua, represented by one species only, to 
which succeeds a fine series of Huhuas, H. leucosticta— 
the white-speckled Eagle Owl—a rare and beautiful 
owl under a glass case, a native of the Fantee country, 
being specially worthy of note, as is also A. shedleyz, 
another Fantee species under the small shade, No. 30. 
In 
Case XLIX. 
are two beautiful examples of Pel’s Owl, Scotopelia 
pelt, one from Gambia, which was figured from life in 
the /ézs in 1857, the other from Zambesi, collected 
by Charles Livingstone. ‘The type of Ussher’s Owl 
(S. usshert), a very rare species from the Fantee 
country, Western Africa, will be found under glass 
shade, No. 31. Other rare Owls are Zydo (d1yrtha) 
wzrpkent, Whitehead’s Wood Owl pear Island of 
