4. scors. <)!) 



being dark brown, transversely banded with cinnamon, the dark 

 bars breaking up into frecklings towards the tips of the leathers. 

 This would appear almost to suggest that the specimen was the 

 rufous phase of -S. malai/ensia ; but this I think unlikely, as I have 

 before me what appears to be the rufous phase of that species. The 

 general uniform appearance peculiar to *S'. sunla is not absent in the 

 Penang example ; and it ajjpears to me to be a good species, espe- 

 cially considering the fact of rufous young having been found in the 

 nest by Capt. Hutton (cf. Hume, I. c). 



Hah. India generally, ranging down into the Malayan peninsula 

 as far as Penang. 



B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Jerdou [P.]. 

 J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 

 E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Scops megalotis. 



Scops mcg.alotis, Gray, Cat. Accipitr. 1814, p. 45 ; Strickl. Orn. Si/n. 



p. ■202 ; (n-ai/, Haml-l. B. i. p. 40. 

 Ephialtes megalotis, Gray., Gat. Acdpitr. 1848, p. 98 ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 4o. 

 Ptilopsis megalotis, Bp. Bar. et Mac/, de Zool. 1854, p. o4.3. 

 Lempijius megalotis, Wahlen, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 145, pi. xxv. fig. 3. 



Adult (type of species). Everywhere light mfous fawn, with sepa- 

 rate vermiculations of duU blackish, a little coarser on the auricidar 

 tufts and on the wing- coverts, the vermiculations almost obsolete on 

 the under surface of the body, the tarsal feathers fulvous, slightly 

 mottled with rufous ; greater and primary wing-coverts rufous 

 fawn-colour, very coarsely and thickly vermiculated with blackish, 

 forming five or six indistinct bars ; quills blackish, with six or seven 

 bars of fawn-colour, very distinct on the outer primaries, but gra- 

 dually becoming more and more obscured with blackish frecklings 

 till the bauds are obsolete on the secondaries ; tail blackish, ^\^th 

 six or seven bars of fawn-colour, more or less obscured with freck- 

 lings of blackish, which are plentifully distributed over the whole 

 tail ; under wing-coverts uniform fulvous, the under surface of the 

 wing ashy brown, with bands of fulvous ; bill pale horn-colour, 

 yellowish on under mandible ; feet yellowish brown. Total length 

 11 inches, culmeu 1-3, auricular tufts 1-45, wing 6-5, tail 3-5, 

 tarsus 1"45. 



Ilab. Philippine Islands. 



a. Ad. St. Manilla. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. Type of species. 



6. Scops magicus. 



Professor Schlogel unites several species of Scnpa under this one 

 head ; but I am inclined to consider with Mr. Wallace that they vary 

 markedly, according to their localities, although, as in the case of 



