BY DR. T. T. KAUP. 
feather; between the last cross lines a white band; the margin 
rufous. Cape of Good Hope. 
b. Subgenus Syrnium. — Bill feeble and yellow ; ear orifice 
middle size and asymmetric, with large operculum; toes thickly 
feathered; first quill, second to fifth, pectinated on the emargi- 
nations. Between the size of Aluco and Bubo maximus. They 
are spread over the whole world, New Holland excepted. 
7. S. aluco , Cuv. ; Str. aluco and stridula , Linn. ; Syrn. ululans , 
Sav. ; Gould, Eur. 17. — Head 70, tail 170 mm. long. Found in 
woods of Europe and Asia. 
8. S. cinereum, Bp.; Str. drier ea } Gmel. ; lapponica, Betz. ; 
barbata , Pall.; Ul. microphthalma, Tyzenski; Gould, Eur. 42. — 
The face ash-grey with concentric rings. Europe, Asia, and 
America. 
p* ne bulosum, Boie. ; Str. nebulosa and cMchictli , Gmel. ; 
Wilson, 33, 2; Aud. 46; Gould, Eur. 46. — Size between aluco and 
uralense ; head 84; wing 320 ; tail 205 mm. long. Northern parts 
of America, never in Europe. 
10. S. uralense, Brehm.; Str. uralense, Pall.; liturata , Betz.; 
macroura , Natt. ; macrocephala, Meisn. ; Gould, Eur. t. 44. — The 
gi ey or whitish face without concentric rings ; margin of the shoul- 
der covers with large white spots. Size of a little Bubo maximus, 
or Jb ,nches long. Northern parts of Europe and Asia (Siberia). 
2 o , ^Mcolum, Hodgs. — Head 74; wings 286; tail 185; bill 
n im °ng t Larger than Aluco , and the colour more variegated 
and brilliant. Central Asia. 
diameter B ULAC A ’ Hodgs. —Ear orifice not larger than the 
proiectpd i 1C sma ^ operculum ; bill strong, straight, 
the middle? torShtS 5 ** t0 ^ ^ emarginated near 
P- 82 a™? n n’ ° ‘ ?' ay; S,Hx indra ™> S y k - ftoc- Zool. Soc. 
° f BWS ’ * W; Bulaoa 
The lower nai,. = i ’* mon * lcola ’ Jerd - 1 Urrua umbrata, Blyth.— 
a "d back uniform “l b 1 ? mmeious black cross hands; head, neck, 
(Sykes) m dark br ° Wn - Cou "fy of the Mahrattas. Rare! 
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