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sent us by M. Moquin-Tandon, with the following 
remarks:—“‘“This drawing was also sent to me by M. 
des Murs, when he had his collection. I do not know 
the country in which it was taken. I have since ob- 
tamed an egg of this bird from Sardinia, which 
resembles exactly that of the drawing I send you.” 
With this bird I terminate my description of the 
European Owls. Schlegel has admitted into the Cata- 
logue another small Owl, under the name of Strix 
noctua meridionalis, the S. noctua of Forskal, Noctua 
glauz of Savigny, and S. passerina of Rippell. This 
is however generally believed by naturalists to be only 
a pale variety of our Little Owl, (Striz noctua.) It 
is found in Spain and Egypt. Most naturalists have 
also admitted into the list S. nebulosa, the Barred Owl 
of Pennant, a North American species, well described 
in “Fauna Boreali Americana,” and in Audubon’s and 
Wilson’s works. It is said to have been taken in the 
extreme north of Europe, but I can find no authentic 
account of its capture. It is admitted with great doubt 
by Degland, and omitted by Schlegel. It does not 
appear to have been observed by any of the northern 
naturalists; and M. Sundevall, as quoted by Degland, 
says it has never been observed in Europe, but that it 
was admitted into the Catalogue by an error in the 
name. 
My attention has been drawn by Mr. Gurney, to 
the following extract from “Naumannia,” a German 
ornithological periodical, for 1852:— 
“Striz capensis, Smith, (not Lath.,) occurs as a 
stationary bird along the coast of Northern Africa, 
from Tangiers as far as Morocco, in broken and marshy 
