2. PHODILUS. 309 



Ohs. S. pithecops of Formosa does not seem to be a distinct spe- 

 cies ; and Mr. Swinhoe in his last list of Chinese birds unites it to 

 S. Candida. The specimen in the Museum differs from Indian ex- 

 amples only in its rather larger size, and in having five bands on 

 the centre tail-feathers ; the greater series of under wing-coverts 

 also are barred across with greyish brown. None of these charac- 

 ters, however, are of specific importance in the genus Strix. 



Hub. India, Indo-Chinese subregion and Formosa ; Philippine 

 Islands ; N. Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. India. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. st. Madras. Dr. Jerdon [P.]. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Upper Assam {Dr. Meid). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 e. Pull. sk. Tenasserim. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



/. Pull. sk. Philippine Islands. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



g. Ad. sk. Formosa. K. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



2. PHODILUS. 



lype. 



Phodilus, Isid. Geof. SL-IIilcdre, Ann. Sc. Nat. xxi. p. 200 



(1830) P. badius. 



Range. Eastern Himalayas, ranging through Burmah and Pegu ; 

 Ceylon ; Java ; Borneo. 



1. Phodilus badius. 



Strix badia, iZors/". Zoul. Research. Java, -^X. 37; Tenun. Fl. Col. i. 

 pi. 318 ; Less. Traite, p. 112. 



Phodilus badius, Isid. Geoff. St.-Hd. Ann. Sc. xxi. p. 201 ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 42, pi. 15. tig. 1 ; Bhjth, Cat. B. Mas. A. .S'. B. p. 41 ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 55 : Kaap, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 118; id. Tr. Z. S. 

 iv. p. 245 ; Mottl. tf Dillw. N. H. Labiian, p. 8 ; Horsf. S,- Moore, 

 Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 80 ; Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 183 ; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. i. p. 119; Scl. P. Z. <S'. 1803, p. 207; Btyth, Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 251 ; Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 26 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 52 ; Gotdd, 

 B. Asia, pi. xxii. ; Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 3G5 ; Hume, Rough Notes, 

 ii. p. 346; id. Str. F. 1873, p. 429; Sahud. Ucc. Born. p. 21. 



Ulula badia, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Striges, p. 23. 



? Phodilus nipalensis, IIu7ne, Str. F. 1875, p. 37*. 



Adult male. Above rufous bay, the crown of the head rather 

 darker, and separated from the back by the interscapular^- region, 

 which is deep orange-buff, sparsely spotted with dark brown ; on 

 the occiput a few feathers of orange-buft', minutely spotted with 

 dark brown ; the remainder of the upper surface dotted here and 

 there with brown specks, and relieved on some of the scapulars and 

 wing-coverts with lines of white running along the shafts of the 

 feathers ; the median and greater coverts -svith concealed blackish 

 bars near the base of inner web, the exterior greater and primary- 

 coverts mottled with blackish on their inner webs, the exterior 

 feather of each series chequered alternately with white spots and 

 black bars; quills bright bay, barred with blackish on the inner 



* Phodilus )ii2)ale>isis of Grar is Scops spilocephahrs. Blvth 1 ( Jlde supra 

 p. 63.) 



