15UB0NID.E. 



1. KETUPA. „ 



Type. 



Ketupa, Less. TraiU cPOni. p. 114 (1831) K. javanensis. 



Cultrunguis, Ilodt/s. J. A. S. B. v. p. 364 (183G) .... K. fiavipes. 

 Smilonyx, Stmd. Av. Meth, Tent. p. 105 K. javanensis. 



Ram/e. Palestine ; Indian peninsula and Himalayas ; Indo-Ma- 

 layau subregion ; China. 



Key tc the Species. 



a. Feet dark ; under surface fulvous fawn-colour, nie- 

 sially streaked with broad black centres to the 

 feathers, all of which have dull rufesceut cross 

 bars, giving a vermiculated appearance to the 



parts ceyhnmsis, p. 4. 



h. Feet yellowish (in skin); under surface bright 

 tawny, sti-eaked with black, with no cross Tenni- 

 culations. 

 a'. Much larger : wing over 18'5 inches ; bands on 



tail (counting the apical one) 6 Jlni^ipes, p. 6. 



h\ Much smaller : wing not exceeding 13-5 inches ; 



tail with only 4 or 5 bands javanensis, p. 8. 



1. Ketupa ceylonensis. 



Great Ceylonese Owl, Broini, Illustr. Zool. pi. 4. 



Ceylonese Eared Owl, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 120. 



Strix ceylonensis, Gm. S. X. i. p. 287. 



Strix leschenaidti, Temm. PI. Col. ii. pi. 20. 



Scops leschenaidti, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 571 ; Less. Man. 



d'Orn. i. p. 118. 

 Scops ceylonensis, Ste])h. I. c. p. 54. 

 Ketupa leschenaulti. Less. Traite, p. 114. 

 Strix hardwickii, J. E. Gray, III. Ltd. Zool. ii. pi. 31. 

 Strix dumeticola. Tick. J. A. S. B. ii. p. 571. 

 Cultrunguis nigripes, Hodys. J. A. S. B. v. p. 364. 

 Culti-iinguis leschenaulti, Jerd. Madr. Journ. x. p. 90. 

 Ketupa ceylonensis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 38 ; Cass. Cat. Strigidce 



Philad. 'Mm. p. 9 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. A. S. B. p. 37 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 44 ; Sorsf. 4- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 77 ; 



Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 196 ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 133 ; Blyth, Ibis, 



186.3, p. 28 ; Tristr. Ibis, 1865, p. 261 ; Blyth, Ibis, 186(3, p. 255 ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 45 ; Hume, Rough Notes, ii. p. 379 ; Swinh. 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 343; Holdsio. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 417; Hmiie, 



Kests and Eqi/s Lid. B. i. p. 64 ; id. Str. F. i. p. 431, ii. p. 469 ; 



Ball, t. c. p. 382. 

 Bubo ceylonensis, Kaup, Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 241 ; id. Contr. Orn. 1852, 



p. 116"; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Oti, p. 19; id. Revue Acdpitr. p. 7. 



Adult. Above fawn-brown, the feathers broadly streaked with 

 black down their centres, and largely mottled on both webs with 

 fulvous, sometimes taking the form of spots ; feathers of hind neck 

 with faint vermiculated bars of brown ; lower back and rump more 

 uniform than rest of upper surface, with narrow black shaft-streaks, 

 and faintly spotted on either web with light fulvous ; out«r sea- 



