BIRDS. 
163 
was preserved by Mr. Dunbar for Major Keith, Eactor to 
the Earl of Caithness at Barrogill Castle ; a second, also an 
adult male, dating April 4, 1881, was shot at Shurrery 
by Mr. P. Elder, and was preserved for Mr. J. G. Millais, 
2 Palace Gate, Kensington, London, W. 
A third specimen, in the collection of E. Eaine, Esq., 
of Durham, was trapped at Ousdale, Ord of Caithness, by 
James M'Ewan, on 4th July 1876. 
155. Surnia ulula, L. Hawk Owl. 
156. Surnia funerea, L. American Hawk Owl. 
157. Nyctale tengmalmi {Gm.). Tengmalm's Owl. 
[St. John records a specimen of this owl killed at Spinningdale 
in May 1847 by Mr. Dunbar. No trace, however, of this 
specimen can be obtained.] 
Nyctale acadica (Gmel.). Acadian Owl. 
A doubtful British species. Hot numherecl. 
158. Scops giu {Scop.). Scops-eared Owl. 
We rejected this species from our previous list,^ but since 
then we find that this bird was exhibited by Dr. J. A. 
Smith in November 18.54. It was shot in the latter end 
of May 1854 at Morvich, near Golspie {Proc. Royal Phys. 
Society, Edinburgh, vol. i. p. 4), and Mr. Eobert Gray writes 
that, he " knows nothing (up to the date of publication of 
the Birds of the West of Scotland) tliat would tend to throw 
the slightest doubt upon the authenticity of the Sutherland- 
shire scops-eared owl." Under the crcumstances, Ave see 
no reason wliy we sliould not at least restore it to the list. 
Scops asio (Im). Mottled Owl. Not numbered. 
159. Bubo ignavus, Font. Eagle Owl. 
160. Athene noctua {Retz.). Little Owl. 
' Appendix to St. John's Tour in Sutherland. New Ed. 18S4. 
