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98. Ath. castanoptera. (PI. Col. 98.) 



Syn. Strix castanoptera, Horsfield. Str. spadicea, Reinwardt. 

 Ath. castanotus, Blyth. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Tenasserim (Heifer) ; Malayan peninsula (?) ; 

 Java. 



99. Ath. brama. (PI. Col. 68.) 



Syn. Strix brama, Temminck. Npctua indica, Franklin. N. 

 tarayensis, Hodgson. '^ Athene indica, Gould," Chesney^s Ex- 

 pedition, i. p. 362. 



Hab. Most parts of India, from the Punjab to Burmah and 

 Ceylon ; Persia ; W. Asia ; Assam ; Sylhet : never ascends into 

 the hills. 



100. Ath. noctua. (PI. Enl. 439 ; Gould, B. E. pi. 48.) 

 Syn. Strix noctua, Betzius, Faun. Suec. p. 85. Str. nudipes, 



Nilsson. Str. passerina, Lath. & Temm. Ath. bacfriana, Blyth, 

 J. A. S. xvi. p. 761. Ath. gymnopus, Hodgson*. Noctua 

 glaux, Savigny. Str. persica (?), Vieillot [vide Rev. Zool. 1849, 



P-18). 



Hab. Europe; N. Africa, W. Asia; Afghanistan; rare in 



Himalayaf- 



Genus T^enioptynx, Kaup. 



101. T. BRODII. 



Syn. Noctua brodiei, Burton. N. tubiger, Hodgson. 

 Hab. Himalaya (common). 



Genus Ninox, Hodgson. 



102. N. scutellatus. (PI. Col. 289.) 



Syn. Strix scutellata, Raffles. Str. hirsuta, Temminck. Str. 



* This species wants seeing to. There woukl seem to be two — A. 

 bactriana, nobis {= noctua v. nudipesl := meridionalisl), and A. gym- 

 nopus, Hodgson (vide Bp. in Comptes Renclus, xh. (1855) p. 653). 



t Himalayan specimens require to be compared with Ath. meridionalis, 

 Brehm, the true " Bird of Minerva." Str. sonneratii, Temm. (PI. Col. 21 ), 

 is stated to be from Pondicher)' ; but no such bird appears to inhabit 

 India properly so called. It appertains to the genus Athene. 



