164 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



■with which I am acquainted. It is not B. ignavus nor B. tur- 

 comanus, for it is not half the size, and moreover belongs 

 to a section of the genus Bubo in which the last joint of the 

 toes is unfeathered. It has no " wig " like B. bengalensis or 

 B. ascalaphus, and is so much smaller that it could never be 

 mistaken for either of these species. 



The nearest approach that I can find to the Muscat Owl is 

 in Bubo magellanicus ! ; for B. capensis is an Owl of a totally 

 different type, with large white ovate spots on the wing- 

 coverts and on the underparts, whereas B. milesi is narrowly 

 barred on the breast and abdomen, with the thighs and leg- 

 feathers pale tawny, indistinctly but regularly barred across 

 with dusky brown. The accompanying figure gives a good 

 idea of the species, which will be seen to be unlike any other 

 Pal£earctic or Indian Eagle Owl. The measurements of the 

 type specimen are as follows : — Total length 18 inches, 

 culmen 1-55, wing 12-7, tail 7, tarsus 2-4. 



CoRvus UMBRiNUs, Sundev. ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 17. 



No. 49. An adult specimen. 



Oriolus galbula, L. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 191. 

 No. 38. An adult female. Also forwarded to the Museum 

 from Fao by Mr. Gumming. 



Saxicola picata, Blyth ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 367. 



No. 5. Two adult females. 



Saxicola Montana, Gould ; Seebohm, t. c. p. 384. 



No. 33. Two adults. 



Pycnonotus xanthopygus (Hempr. & Ehr.) ; Sharpe, Gat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 135. 



No. 28. Two adult specimens. Muscat will probably be 

 found to be about the extreme eastern range of this species, 

 which did not occur in Mr. Gumming's Fao collection. 



Argya sQUAMicEPS (Cretzschm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. vii. p. 395. 



No. 21. Two adult specimens. It is rather interesting 



