282 BL'BOXID^. 



very pale, fleshy plumbeous; ii'is deep brown" (Hume). Total 

 length 2S inches, wing 17-4, tail 11-5, tarsus 2-8. 



YoH))f/cr birds appear to me to have the visage much more rufous, 

 to have the scapulars less distinctly white externally and generally 

 somewhat washed with fulvous, the sides of the neck also being ful- 

 vous or ochraceous, indistinctly barred Avith brown. Considerable 

 variation is exhibited in the tail, the bars on which are lighter and 

 more yellowish in some specimens than in others, some examples 

 also having a more distinct white tip to the feathers. The tail- 

 bands vary from nine to twelve in number on the Nepalese specimens. 



Hub. Himalaya Mountains ; Formosa. 



a. Ad. St. Himalava Mountaias. Zoological Society. 



b. Ad. St. Nepal. " B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Vix ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



d. Imm. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 c,/. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, i:sq. [P.]. 

 ff. Imm. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



26. Syrnium indranee. 



Strix indranee, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 82. 



Bulaca monticola, Jerd. Maclr. Jouni. p. 167. 



Bulaca indranee, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 121 ; id. Tr. Z. S. iv. 



p. 257 ; Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 347. 

 SjTnium indrauee, Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 83 ; 



Jerd. JB. Jnd. i. p. 121 ; Holdsic. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 415 ; Hume, Str. 



F. 1873, p. 429 ; Legge, Str. F. 1874j_p. 342. 

 Syrnium ochrogenys, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 431. 



Dr. Jerdon keeps Si/rnium indranee distinct from S. neivarense on 

 account of the smaller size of the former bird, the wing measimng 

 13-14 inches agauist 18 inches in *S'. ncwa reuse. The specimen 

 of the latter described by me is a very large bird from the Himalaya 

 Mountains ; but we have live Nepalese birds, presented by Mr. Hodgson, 

 which give the following dimensions : — 



Total 



length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 

 in. in. in. in. 



a. Nepal (Hodgson) 24 10 9o 27 



h. Nepal (Hod'qson) 22 14-9 9-5 2-35 



0. Nepal (i&f/r/so«) 22 14-2 9 2-3 



d. Nepal (Hodgson ) 23-5 148 9-5 2-4 



e. Ise^al (Hodgson) 23 14-5 9-5 2-4 



Apparently, therefore, the last four of these liirds ought to be called 

 S. indranee. Want of material prevents my determining the precise 

 relations of these two species, as I have no authentic examj^les of <S. 

 indranee for comparison. Mr. Gould has presented to the Museum 

 a "VVood-Owl which he received from Dr. Jerdon, but of which the 

 precise locality has not been recorded. This bird is much more ful- 

 vous underneath, with rufous brown cross bars, very narrow and 

 more numerous than in the Himalayan examples. The face also is 

 rufous ochre ; and I do not believe it to be the true S. newarense. 



