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The remainder of the case is devoted to Owls of the 
genus G/aucidium from South America, remarkable 
for their small size, G. pumilum being the smallest 
Owl known. 
The first genus in 
Case LII. 
is a remarkable one. It consists of the American 
Burrowing Owls (Pholeoptynx). These birds inhabit 
holes in the ground, frequently those formed by some 
burrowing rodent, particularly the Bizcacha, but on 
occasion probably excavate for themselves. ‘They 
are sociable birds not only amongst themselves, 
but Mr. J. K. Lord, in British Columbia, found in 
one hole a female Washee, a Burrowing Owl with her 
two eggs, and a Green-racer Snake. A remarkable 
bare-legged Owl (Gymnoglaux nudipfes) from the 
West Indies, collected by Professor Newton and 
figured in the J/ézs for 1859, ~. 64, will be found 
in small Case 34. Mucroglaux brodiet is a pretty little 
Indian species, and this is followed by Azthene noctua, 
the Little Owl of British ornithologists, which like 
Tengmalm’s Owl is an occasional visitor to this 
country, straying from its true home, in Southern 
and Western Europe. ‘This species was dedicated in 
ancient Greece to the goddess Athene, and regarded 
as emblematical of wisdom, it may be, as has been 
suggested, in a spirit of sarcasm. In 
Case LIII. 
are a number of rare species from New Britain and 
Australia cf the genus Spzloglaux and Azeraglaux, 
some of which deserve mention did space permit ; 
these are followed by another striking series of birds 
of the genus /Vivox, the first, Wzmox goldzi, is the type 
