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



lugubris, Tickell, Ninox nepalensis, Hodgson. Athene malay- 

 ensis, Eyton. 



Hab. All India, with Ceylon ; Indo-Chinese region; Malayan 

 peninsula and archipelago ; China. 



Remarks. — Prince Bonaparte gives the Bornean and Japanese 

 (i. e. Chinese ?) races as distinct species — var. borneensis et var. 

 japonica of Schlegel. He also describes a N. philippensis, Compt. 

 Rend. xli. p. 654 ; and approximates the Madagascar race to that 

 of Japan. 



Genus Bulaca, Hodgson. 



103. B. NEWARENSis, Hodgson,As.Iles. xix. p.l68; J.A.S.B. 

 ii. p. 372. 



Hab. Himalaya. 



104. B. iNDRANEE. (Gray & Mitch. Gen. Birds, pi. 14?) 

 Syn. Strix indranee, Sykes. Bulaca monticola, Jerdon. 

 Hab. S. India and Ceylon ; Tenasserim provinces and Malayan 



peninsula. 



105. B. SELOPUTO. (PI. Col. 230.) 



Syn. Strix seloputo, Horsfield. Str. pagodarum, Temminck. 

 Hab. Tenasserim provinces ; Malayan peninsula and archi- 

 pelago; Nicobar Islands. 



106. B. SINENSIS. (Hardwicke's 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 21.) 

 Syn. Strix sinensis, Latham. S. orientalis, Shaw. Syrnium 



ocellatum, Lesson. 



Hab. Most parts of India, to foot of Himalaya : not Lower 

 Bengal (at least, below the tideway of the rivers). Tenasserim 

 provinces (Mergui). 



Genus Syrnium, Savigny. 



107. S. NivicoLUM, Hodgson. 



Hab. Himalaya (barely separable from the European S. 

 aluco). 



Subfam. SxRiGiNifi. 



Genus Phodilus, Is. GeofFroy. 



108. Ph. badius. (Horsfield's Zool. Res. in Java, pi. 37.) 



