48 Aves in. ayes. [1904] 
laying in an artificial nesting-box; Whitaker, Zoologist 1904, pp. 192 
& 193. 
Cerchneis tinnunculus and its allies ; Erlanger, J, Ornith. 1904, pp. 219- 
223 : G. t. arthuri , from Abyssinia and Somali Land ; id. t. c. p. 223, 
taf. xvi : G. k fieldi, figured ; id. t. c. taf. xvii : G. vespertinus , figured ; 
Herman, Aquila xi, tab. i : G. vespertinus obscurus , n. subsp., Tomsk. ; 
Tschusi, Ornith. Jahrb. xv, pp. 229 & 230. 
G. unicolor , n. sp., Western Australia ; Milligan, Emu iv, pp. 1 & 2. 
G. sparverialoquacula , n. subsp., Vieques Is., Porto Rico ; Riley, Smithson. 
Collect, xlvii, p. 284. 
Falco vespertinus , in Glamorganshire ; Proger & Paterson, Ti*. Cardiff 
Soc. xxxvi, p. 126. 
Erythropus vespertinus , remarkable nest ; Radcliffe Saunders, Bull. 
B. O. C. xiv, p. 42. 
Pandion haliaetus y approaching extinction as a breeding species in Scot- 
land ; Harvie-Brown, Ibis 1904, p. 664. 
Order STRIGIFORMES. 
Strigidce , their economic value in N. America ; see Surface, H. A. (622). 
Asio otus , nesting on the ground ; Howard, Zoologist 1904, pp. 259-261 : 
at Esher ; Dalgleish, t. c. p. 265 : its prey ; Gyngell, t. c. 
p. 385: A. accipitrinns, breeding near Scarborough; Morley, t. c. 
p. 385 : A. otus abyssinicus ( montanus Heugl.) in the highlands 
of Abyssinia ; Erlanger, J. Ornith. 1904, pp. 231 & 232, taf. xviii. 
Asio abyssinicus , notes on ; Neumann, J. Ornith. 1904, p. 374 : from Jeffi 
Dunsa, Abyssinia ; Grant, Ibis 1904, p. 276. 
Ketupa javanensis, in Assam ; Colt art, J. Bombay Soc. xv, p. 719. 
Asio magellanicus mesembrinus, n. subsp., Costa Rica ; Oberholser, 
P. U. S. Mus. xxvii, pp. 179 & 180: A. m. melancerus , n. subsp., 
Guatemala and Mexico; id. t. c. pp. 180 & 181 : A. m . icelus , n. subsp., 
Coast of California ; id. t. c. p. 185 : A. m. lagophonus , n. subsp., 
Washington to Alaska ; id. t. c. pp. 185-187 : A. m. heterocnemis , 
n. subsp., Labrador ; id. t. c. pp. 187 & 188 : A. m. algistus , n. subsp., 
N. W. coast region of Alaska ; id. t. c. p. 190. 
Bubo maculosus and allies, B. m. cinerascens and B. m. milesi ; Erlanger, 
J. Ornith. 1904, pp. 227-229. 
Pisorhina scops erlangeri , n. subsp., Tallah, Tunis ; Tschusi, Ornith. 
Jahrb. xv, pp. 101 & 102: P. scops grceca , n. subsp., Lamia, Greece ; 
id. t. c. pp. 102 & 103 : P. scops tuneti, n. subsp., Tunis; id. t. c. 
pp. 103 & 104 : P. scops cycladum , n. subsp., Naxos, Melancs, Greece ; 
id. t. c. p. 104. 
Pisorhina capensis and its allies, P. c. ugandce , P. c leucopsis y P. c. 
icterorhyncha , and P. c. scapulata ; Erlanger, J. Ornith. 1904, 
pp. 235-237 : P. badia Reichenow = P. holerythra ; Sharpe, Ibis 
1904, p. 105, figured ; id. t. c. pi. ii: P. balia , figured; Reichenow, 
Vog. Afrikas iii : P. manadensis tempestatis , n. subsp., Wetter Is., 
Moluccas, notes on P. m. albiventris and P. m. manadensis ; id. t. c. 
pp. 190 & 191. 
Scops cypria , figured ; Madarasz, Ann. Mus. Hungar. ii, tab. xv. 
Asio leucotis nigrovertex , n. subsp., Abyssinia ; Erlanger, J. Ornith. 
1904, pp. 233 & 234, figured ; id. t. c. taf. xix, fig. 1 : A. 1. leucotis , 
figured ; id. t. c. taf. xix, fig. 2. 
Sceloglaux rujifacies , n. sp., North Island, New Zealand; Buller, Ibis 
1904, p. 639. 
Scotiaptex nebulosa , at Dedham, Massachusetts ; Allen, Auk xxi, p. 278. 
Athene noctua and its allies, A. n. glaux , A. n. plumipes , A. n. brama ) A. n. 
