NO. 2175. THE BIRDS OF BAWEAN ISLAND— OBERHOLSER. 191 



brown. Total length (in flesh)/ 412 mm.; wing, 297; tail, 158; ex- 

 posed culmen, 31; culmen without cere, 22.3; tarsus,55; middle toe, 30. 



Although this new bird, of which Doctor Abbott obtained unfortu- 

 nately but a single specimen, is undoubtedly most closely aUied to 

 Strix orientalis Shaw ( = 8trix sinensis Latham), it is so different in 

 coloration that it seems certainly to be specifically distinct. The 

 dark barring of the lower surface is strikingly like that in Strix 

 ocellata, but the upper parts are of course very different. 



The name Strix sinensis Latham,^ used by some authors for Strix 

 orientalis Shaw, is preoccupied by a previous Strix sinensis of the 

 same author;^ but Strix orientalis Shaw,'' a new name for Strix sinensis 

 Latham, is not invalidated hy Strix orientalis Limiaeus^ from Hassel- 

 quist, since, according to the International Code of Nomenclature, the 

 scientific names in Hasselquist's Reise nach Palastina (1762) have no 

 standing, because they occur in a mere translation of a pre-Linnaean 

 work. The proper designation for the whole species is therefore 

 Strix orientalis Shaw. 



Representatives of Strix orientalis from Java differ considerably 

 from those inhabiting the Malay Peninsula (Strix orientalis orientalis), 

 in their narrower dark barring below, particularly on the breast, and 

 their much larger white markings on the upper parts. The name 

 for the Javan race is Strix orientalis seloputo Horsfield.'^ 



Family PYCNONOTIDAE. 



PYCNONOTUS PLUMOSUS PLUMOSUS BIyth. 



Pycnonotus plumosus Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 14, pt. 2, December, 

 1845, p. 567. (Singapore, Singapore Island). 



Three specimens are in the collection, as follows : 



Adult male, No. 181542, U.S.N.M.; November 19, 1907. Length 

 (in flesh), 200 mm. 



Adult female. No. 181540, U.S.N.M.; November 24, 1907. 



Juvenal female, No. 181541, U.S.N.M.; November 19, 1907. 



These are identical, so far as I can discover, with typical birds from 

 the Malay Peninsula. One of the adults (No. 181542, U.S.N.M.) and 

 the juvenile (No. 181541, U.S.N.M.) are in process of molt, though 

 wings and tail are perfect. The juvenile plumage differs from that of 

 the adult in being throughout, particidarly on the rump, more 

 brownish, the upper surface paler, and the lower parts more tinged 

 with yellowish. 



' Measured by the collector. 



^Suppl. Indicis Ornith., 1801, p. xvi (China). 



3 Latham, Index Ornith., vol. 1, 1790, p. 53. 



* Gen. Zool., vol. 7, pt. 1, 1809, p. 257 (China). 



5 In Hasselquist, Reise Palast., 1762, p. 290 (Egypt and Syria). 



^ Strix Selo-puto Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., vol. 13, pt. 1, May, 1821, p. 140 (Java). 



