344 Dr. T. C. Jerdou^s Supplementari/ Notes 



tint ; the inner feathers of the ruff were pure white ; the chin, 

 throat, and breast pure fulvous. Length 14 inches, extent 46, 

 wing 13|, tail 5. Bill pale livid fleshy; feet dingy livid. To 

 this group (i. c. Scelostrix) belong i\'\xQ S.javanica^ihowe alluded 

 to, S. capensis, S. pithecops, Swinhoe, from Formosa, very near 

 to our bird, and another species from the Philippines, S. 

 amauronota, Cabanis. 



I quite agree with Mr. Hume, since my visit to. the North- 

 west Provinces, that Phillips's Owl, mentioned as S. javanica, 

 does not refer to this bird, but to Otus brachyotus. The names 

 of many of the species given in his list were inserted at hazard 

 by Mr. Moore from their native names, or from their habits, 

 as I fully show further on under Kittacincla macroura. 



62. Phodilus badius. 



Mr. Gray gives the bird from Nepal as distinct from the 

 Malayan one, but I do not know on what grounds. Since 

 my first volume was published I have procured it both at Dar- 

 jeeling and on the Khasia hills. The latter one was brought 

 to me alive, and I can therefore bear full testimony to the ac- 

 curacy of the outline of the head and quasi ear-tufts given by 

 Gould in his figure * from a correspondent, 



I took a sketch of the head of the bird when alive, which I 

 still possess. 



The expanse of wing was about 32 inches ; bill fleshy white ; 

 toes pale livid. 



This curious Ovvl belongs to the SyrniincB, and not to Stri- 

 gince, the disk being incomplete above. 



63. Syrnium indranee. 



This species has lately been found in Formosa by Swiuhoe, 

 and undoubtedly belongs to this, the small race, as distin- 

 guished from the larger Himalayan Owl. 



64. Syrnium nevarense. 



A specimen obtained on the Himalayas by Dr. Stoliczka 

 had the wing 18 inches, tail 10|. Mr. Hume is inclined to 

 doubt the distinctness of the Himalayan and southern race 



* Birds of Asia, pt. xxii. 



