. Ornithologist and oölogist . species isstated to be the deserts of Somali Landand the Western Galla Country, extendingon the east coast of Africa from 10 lat. to the Equator.—Land and Water. Least Bittern. While collecting on alarge marshy meadow in this vicinity onJune 10th, 1883,1 started a Least Bitternfrom a clump of flags. Thinking theremight be a nest there, I commencedsearching and soon found it. It was amere hollow in a bunch of matted flagsscantily lined with water grass, and con-tained two fresh laid eggs. In shape andsize they resembled eggs of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. In
. Ornithologist and oölogist . species isstated to be the deserts of Somali Landand the Western Galla Country, extendingon the east coast of Africa from 10 lat. to the Equator.—Land and Water. Least Bittern. While collecting on alarge marshy meadow in this vicinity onJune 10th, 1883,1 started a Least Bitternfrom a clump of flags. Thinking theremight be a nest there, I commencedsearching and soon found it. It was amere hollow in a bunch of matted flagsscantily lined with water grass, and con-tained two fresh laid eggs. In shape andsize they resembled eggs of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. In color they were of paleblue, almost white. Fearing other collec-tors might find thein, I took them, thoughprobabh^ not a complete set. I also se-cured the bird. I afterwards secured threemore finely plumaged males on the samemeadows, which are now in my cabinet.—Charles H. Neff, Portland, Conn. Great Blue Heron. I had the goodfortune to shoot a specimen on Nov. 7.—Ij. R. Rich, Saratoga, N Y. Nov., 1883.] AND OOLOGIST. 87. Monkey-Faced Owls. Enclosed please find a photograph of apair of Owls which have been on exliibi-tion here for two or three weeks. Theowner says they are the only pair in theUnited States of North America, and arenative birds of Tartary. The photo isa very fair representation. He calls themMonkey-faced Owls. The bill proper isvery small, but -the mouth extends almostto the eyes. Eyes as near as I could seewere very small. Iris dark hazel. Backdark brown, marked very finely, breastspeckled with brown, bill blackish, crownfinely mottled, no tufts, tarsi long. Twoj)air were taken at the fort at St. Augus-tine, Florida, last February. One pair wasbought for some scientific institute inOhio but escaped. P. T. Barnum, the mansays, offered him $500 but he refused. If they are American birds they are across of Barn Owl and something else.—W. P. Tarrant^ Saratoga. A epecimen of the Monkey-faced Owl, a rare bird, wasrecently captured by Captain Pitts, of Orland
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