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



Genus Ketupa, Lesson. 



92. K. FLAVIPES. 



Syn. Cultrunguis flavipes, Hodgson. 



Hah. Himalaya only (so far as hitherto observed). 



93. K. CEYLONENSis. (Hardwicke's 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 31.) 

 Syn. Strix ceylonensis, Latham. Str. leschenaultii, Temm\Xic]s.. 



Sir. hardwickii, Gray. Str. dumeticola, Tickell. Cultrunguis 

 nigi'ipes, Hodgson. 



Hab. India generally, with Ceylon ; Assam ; Arakan ; Tenas- 

 serim provinces : very common in Lower Bengal ; not so in W. 

 Himalaya. 



94. K. JAVANENSis, Lesson. (PL Col. 74.) 



Syn. Strix ketupa, Horsfield. Str, ceijlonensis, apud Temminck. 

 Hab. The common species of the Malayan peninsula and 

 archipelago : rare in Arakan*. 



Subfam. Surnin^. 

 Genus Athene, Boie, 



95. Ath. cuculoides. (Gould's Cent. Him. Birds, pi. 4.) 

 Syn. Noctua cuculoides, Vigors. N. auribarbis, Hodgson. 

 Hah. Himalaya; Assam; Arakan; Tenasserim provinces; 



China. 



96. Ath. radiata. 



Syn. Strix radiata, Tickell. Athene erythropterus, Gould. 

 Noctua perlineata, Hodgson. N. cuculoides, Jerdon, Catal. Ath. 

 undulatus, Blyth, J. A. S. xi. p. 457. Ath. cuculoides, Phillips, 

 P. Z. S. 1857, p. 86 (?). 



Hab. Most parts of India; sub-Himalayan region: never on 

 the alluvium of Lower Bengal, but appears immediately this is 

 quitted in a westerly direction. 



97. Ath. malabarica, Blyth_, J. A. S. xv. p. 281. 

 Syn. Ath. castanoptera, Jerdon's Cat., Supp. 

 Hab. S. Malabar (Travancore, Cochin, &c.). 



* Mr. Cassin gives " India " as the locality for a specimen of this bird ; 

 but I have never heard of its occurrence on the western side of the Bay of 

 Bengal, and know but of one instance of its having been obtained so high 

 as in Arakan. When will writers cease to cite the word " India" so very 

 vaguely ? 



