36 Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 



Syn. Strixorientalis, Hovsfield. Str. sumatrana, Ra^es. Sir. 

 strepitans, Temminck. Bubo et Huhua nipalensis, Hodgson*. 

 Hab. Himalaya ; Indo-Chinese and Himalayan countries. 



84. H.PECTORALis, Jerdon(Madr.Journ.Lit.Sc.x.p.89,pl. 1.) 

 Hab. S. India. 



Genus Urrua, Hodgson [Ascalaphia, Is. Geoflfroy ?). 



85. U. BENGALENSis. (Gould's Cent. Him. Birds, pi. 3.) 

 Syn. Otus bengalensis, Franklin. Bubo cavearius et Urrua 



cavearia, Hodgson. 



Hab. India generally, and Ceylon ; extending to Afghanistan ; 

 but not met with below the tideway of the rivers in Lower 

 Bengal. 



86. U. coROMANDA. (Hardwicke, 111. lud, Zool. pi. 20.) 

 Syn. Strix coromanda, Latham. Urrua umbrata, Blyth. 

 Hab. Most parts of India : common in Lower Bengal. 



Genus Asio, Brisson {Otus, Cuvier). 



87. A. OTUS. (PI. Enl. 438 ; Gould's B. E. pi. 40.) 



Syn. Strix otus, L. Str. soloniensis, Gmelin. Str. deminuta, 

 Pallas. Otus albicollis, Daudin. 0. europaus, Stephens. O. 

 communis, Lesson. 0. vulgaris, Fleming. O. sylvestins, 0. ar- 

 bor eus, et O. gracilis, Brehm. 0. wilsonianus. Lesson. O. ame- 

 ricanus, Bonap. (American form). 



Hab. Europe and N. Asia; Himalaya (rare); N. Africa; N. 

 America. 



88. A. BRACHYOTUS. (PI. Enl. 438 ; Gould's B. E. pi. 40.) 

 Syn. Strix brachyotus, L. Str. ulula, S. cegolius, et S. acci- 



pitrina, Pallas. Str. arctica, Sparrm. Str, tripennis, Schrank. 



well known to him, and would not listen to the suggestion that his bird 

 might have been Urrua bengalensis. [Bubo maximus certainly occurs in 

 Tibet. See P. Z. S. 1860, p. 99.— Ed.] 



* According to the late Prince of Canino, " Bubo nipalensis, Hodgson, 

 est une espece a ajouter au genre Huhua : elle est le double iV orient alis, 

 Horsfield {strepitans, Temminck), avec laquelle on I'a confondu " (Comptes 

 Rendus, xli. (1855) p. 655). Mr. Cassin unites Strix orientalis and Bubo 

 nipalensis, but regards H. pectoralis as distinct. 



