KETUl'A. — IltTBO. 321 



Sub- Family KETUPIN^. 



Genus KETUPA, Less. 



Ketupa ceylonensis {Gm.). 



Ketupa ceylonensis, Tristram, Ibis, ISOo, p. 261 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ii. p. 4 (1875); Leijye, Birds Ceylon, p. 127 (1878); Oates 

 I'd. Rmne, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 96 (1890); Sharpe, 

 Hnnd-l. i. p. 281 (1899). 



Ketupa zeylonensis, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 281 (1895). 



The eggs of the Brown Fish-Owl are spheroidal in form and 

 possess a fair amount of gloss. They measure from 2-1 to 2-38 in 

 length, and from 1-S to 1-9 in breadth. The Palestine example is 

 small and measures only 1*9 by 1-57. 



1. River .Tordan, Palestine {H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram^. 

 1. Etawah, N.W.P., India, 2Gth Feb. Hume Coll. 



( W. E. Brooks). 



1. Raipur. C. Piov., 10th Feb. Hume Coll. 



(F. R. Blewift). 



2. Pimpaliiiv, Khaudesh. Hume Coll. 



1 . Sambaliiur, Bengal. O'.d Colleotion. 



1. Faridpur, Bengal, 24th Jan. (J. Ji. Hume Coll. 



Cripps). 



1. Pegu, 27tb .Ian. {E. W. Oales). Seeb.dim Coll. 



Ketupa ketupa (Horsf.). 



Ketupa javanensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 8 (1875); Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 98 (1890); Blanf. launa 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii'. p. 283 (1895); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaniml. p. 10 

 (1899). 



Ketupa ketupa, Sharj>e, Hand-!, i. p. 281 (1899): 



The egg of tlie ilalay Fish-Owl in the Collection resembles those of 

 K. cei/lonensis, but is quite devoid of gloss. It measures 2-2 by ISo. 



1. Tenas.«erim, 27th Feb. (Col. C T. Hume Coll. 

 Bingham). 



Sub-Family BUBONIN.'E. 

 Genus BUBO, Cav. 



Bubo bubo {Linn.). 



Strix bubo, Thien. Fortjijlanz. ges. T'cig. tab. xliii. fig. 9, a-d (1845-54). 



Bubo atheniensis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. T'og. tab. 49. lig. 4 (1855-6.">). 



Bubo niaximus, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 60, pi. xvii. fjo- \y 

 (1856); Newton, Goth. Woll. pt. i. p. 160 (1864); Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, i. p. 187, pi. 7 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 26, pi. 

 tig. 8 (1896). ■ ^ 



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