to 'The Birds of India.' 34.5 



S. indranee, and gives his largest Himalayan bird as not having 

 the wing more than 15| inches; but Stoliczka's measurements 

 bear out mine. 



65. BULACA SINENSIS. 



This Owl must stand as B. ocellata, Lesson, true B. sinensis 

 apparently belonging to the Malayan Strix seloputo of Horstield. 



66. Syrnium nivicolum. 



I consider the Himalayan bird barely separable from the 

 European one, the only points of distinction being the rather 

 larger size of Indian specimens, the transverse bars of the cen- 

 tral tail-feathers being more distinct, and the transverse nuchal 

 markings being more fulvous. 



67. Otus vulgaris. 



I have found this Owl by no means rare, in the cold weather 

 at all events, in low jungles, from the near vicinity of Delhi 

 throughout the Punjab. I generally came on a party of from 

 five to eight perched in company on the lower branches of the 

 common Salvadora. 



68 bis. Bubo maximus. 



This huge Owl must be added to our list, as stated at the end 

 of vol. iii.. Appendix, p. 870. It has been killed several times 

 in the Himalayas, generally at a considerable elevation*. 



69. Urrua bengalensis. 



I see that Blyth and Hume have adopted the generic title 

 Ascalaphia, bestowed on the nearly allied North-African Owl, 

 as suggested by myself. 



In this case, perhaps, Urrua might still stand for the next 

 species : — 



70. Urrua coromanda, which diflfers in the proportions of its 

 toes, having them longer and more slender than the last, and 

 m its habits being much more arboreal. The extent of wing 

 of one I lately measured in the flesh was 55 inches. 



* [See also Sclater's notice of the occurrence of this species on the Pang- 

 kong Lake, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 99.— Ed.] 



