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above and below than the two Javan specimens before me and with 

 broader dark shaft stripes below. 



Two males from Sumatra agree in color with the Trang male and the 

 male and female from Tenasserim. The northern specimens along 

 with those from Sumatra may represent a form distinct from that 

 from the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, but without more 

 material from the latter locality it is better for the present that they 

 be left with aagmirdi. 



The wings in the above series measure: Two males from Sumatra 

 345, 350 mm; one male from Trang, 345 mm; one male from Tenas- 

 serim, 360 mm; one male from Ok Yam, 355 mm; one male from 

 Bangnara, Patani, 325 mm; one female from Bangnara, Patani, 325 

 mm; one male from Java, 350 mm; the female from Java, 350 mm. 

 The two other females are not suitable for measuring. 



The range of Ketwpa k. aagaardi may be regarded as Indo-China 

 through southern Siam to Tenasserim and south through Peninsula 

 Siam to the Malay States and Sumatra. Ketupa ketupu ketupu 

 (Horsfield) is confined to Java. Ketujja ketupu pageli (Neumann) 

 occurs in northeastern Borneo. Ketupa ketupu minor Buttikofer is 

 confined to Nias Island. 



HUHUA NIPALENSIS (Hodgson) 



Bubo nipalensis Hodgson, Asiat. Res., vol. 19, p. 172, 1836 (Nepal). 



One male, Ban Den Ja, March 1, 1929, found in dense forest; wing, 

 410 mm. 



Gyldenstolpe ^^ says that authentic specimens of this fine owl have 

 been taken only at Khun Tan ; Chasen and Kloss ^° record a male from 

 Tong Sulin, Raheng District, Gairdner ^^ gives it for the Petchaburi 

 District. 



The species ranges from the Himalayas east to Assam, central 

 Burma, south to Tenasserim, and east to Siam, Laos, and upper 

 Tonkin. 



OTUS BAKKAMOENA LETTIA (Hodgson) 



Scops lettia Hodgson, Asiat. Res., vol. 19, p. 176, 1836 (Nepal). 



One male, Mekhan, February 6, 1932; one female, Khun Tan, 

 October 21, 1929; two males and three females, Bangkok, February 

 12 and May 6, 1924; April 5, August 4, and September 7, 1926; one 

 male, Sam Roi Yot, November 17, 1932; one immature male, Koh 

 Lak, June 7, 1933; one female, Kao Sabap, October 27, 1933. 



The wings of the four males measure: 156, 159, 160, and 167 mm; 

 of the four females, 162-164 (163) mm. The female from Kao Sabap 

 is darker above than any other in the series. 



8' Ibis, 1920, p. 751. 



M Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 7, p. 104, 1928. 



n Journ. Nat. Ilist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, p. 150, 1915. 



