3. uuBo. 35 



Ulna, 

 in. 



B. rerrcau.vi J 80 



B. lactea J 7'5 



I cannot, however, see more in these differences than the nsual 

 slight increase of size exhibited bj- South-African birds over ex- 

 amples of the same species from more northern localities. I there- 

 fore unite these two titles under one species, and give the measure- 

 ments of the series now before me : — 



Total 



length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 

 in. in. in. in. 



rt. [ 2 1 ad. Bogos Land (Eder) 28 



b. (^ ^ ad. Bogos Land (Esler) — 



c. [ cJ ] ad. Sooroo (Blanford) 24 



d. cJ ad. Bissao (Beaudouiii) .... 2Q 



e. Ad. Zambesi (Livingstone) . . 22 

 /. c? ad. Cape colony ( Verrecmx) , 24 

 g. Ad. Cape colony ( Verreaux) , 24 



Hah. The whole of Africa, excepting the forest districts of the 

 west coast. 



rt. S fid. sk. Bissao {Beaudouin). R. B. Sliarpe, Esq. [P.J. 



h. S ad. sk. Bogos Land. Ilerr Esler [C.l. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Bogos Land. Ilerr Esler [C. J. 



rf. Jad. sk. Sooroo. _ W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Zambesi. Dr. Livingstone [C.]. 



/, g. Ad. st. Cape colony. M. ,1. Verreaux [C.]. 



10. Bubo coromandus. 



Petit Hibou de Coromandel, Sonn. Voy. Ind. ii. p. 186. 



Coromandel Eared Owl, Lath. Gen. Syn. Siq)pl. p. 44. 



Strix coromanda, Lath. Lid. Orn. i. p. 53. 



Otus coromandus, Stq>h. Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 58. 



Bubo coromanda. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 37 ; Cass. Cat. Strigida Pkilad, 



Mus. p. 9 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 49 ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E. 



L. Co. i. p. 75 ; ScM. Mus. P.-B. Oti, p. 9 ; Gray, J£and-L B. i. 



p. 44 ; Ifume, Sir. F. i. p. 164. 

 Urrua coromanda, Hodqs. J. A. S. B. \-i. p. 373 ; Kaup, Tr. Z. S. iv. 



p. 243 ; id. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 117 ; 5;j. Rei\ et Mag. de Zool 



1854, p. 542; Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 218; Jerd. B. Lnd. i. p. 1-30; 



id. Ibis, 1871, p. 345 ; Hume, Xests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 63, 

 Mesomorpba coromanda, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. p. 28. 

 Urrua umbrata, Bli/th, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 180. 

 Bubo umbratus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. .35. 

 Ascalapbia coromanda, Blyth, Ibis, 1860, p. 253 ; Hume, Rough Notes, 



ii. p. 371. 

 Bubo sinensis, Heude, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) xx. art. 2 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 



1875, p. 265. 



Adult female. General colour greyish brown, with dark brown 

 centres to the feathers, which are obscurely vermiculated with 

 darker brown ; head rather lighter than the back, the ground- 



* This bird is moulting, and perhaps h.is not tlie wing perfectly grown. 

 * "^ D 2 



