2. 8C0T0PELIA. 



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tail- coverts deep tawny, varied with broad brown centres to the 

 feathers, and with rounded spots of pale fulvous on both webs ; tail 

 fulvous brown, tipped with fulvous and crossed with two complete 

 bands of light ta^\Tiy and an indication of a third basal one ; sides 

 of face pale tawny, the cheeks varied with whitish shaft-lines ; sides 

 of neck and under surface of body tawn}', with long and rather 

 narrow streaks of black, the lower throat mottled with white bases 

 to the feathers, causing an inconspicuous patch ; under wing-coverts 

 tawny, the least ones narrowly streaked Mith black, the outer ones 

 broadly and longitudinally spotted ; lower series unifonn ashy 

 brown ; wing-lining ashy brown, barred with yellowish white ; 

 iris yellow. Total length 20 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 13-1, tail 6-5, 

 tarsus 2-45, auricular tufts 2. 



Yoimr/. Plumage more fluffy than in adult, and dark brownish 

 tawny above and below, the streaks dusky brown and rather dull ; 

 tail with three complete bands of tawny fulvous. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malayan peninsula north- 

 wards to Aracan. 



Hon. East-India Co. [P. 



A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C 



A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C 



Purchased. 



A. E. WaUace, Esq. [C] 



J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 



2. SCOTOPELIA. 



Type. 



Scotopelia, £p. Cansp. i. p. 44 (18-50) S. peli, 



Megapelia, Kaup (teste G. R. Gra>/) S. peli. 



Scotoglaux, Heine, J.f. O. 18G0, p. 196 S. peli. 



Leg of Scotopelia ussheri, to show spicules on the foot. 



