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Syn. Strix badia, Horsfield. 



Hab. Nepal; Sikhim ; Assam; Arakan; Tenasserim provinces; 

 Malayan peninsula and islands. 



Genus Strix, L. (as limited). 



109. Str. javanica. (Gray & Mitch. Gen. Birds, pi. 15 ; 

 Gould's Birds of Austr. i. pi. 31.) 



Syn. Str. javanica, Gm. Str. delicatula, Gould. Str. flammea 

 of India and S.E. Asia generally, auctorum. 



Hab. India generally, and Ceylon, with S.E. Asia and its 

 archipelago, extending to New Caledonia and Australia. 



Genus Scelostrix, Kaup. 



110. Sc. CANDIDA. (Jerdon's 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 30.) 



Syn. Strix Candida, Tickell, J. A. S. ii. p. 572. Str. longi- 

 membris, Jerdon. Str. javanica, Phillips, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 87. 



Hab. Plains of India ; common in high grass : very rare on 

 the mud-soil of Lower Bengal *. 



II. — Description of a new African Plover. 

 By Baron Th. v. Heuglin f. 



(Plate II.) 



Hemerodromus cinctus, Heugl., sp. et gen. uov. 



Avis hornotina. Supra fuliginosus, subtus albus, notsei plumis 

 late et distincte rufo-ochraceo limbatis : fronte, stria lata 

 verticali, loris, superciliis, fasciaque stricta nuchali ad oculos 

 utrinque extendente albidis, plus minusve intensius rubente 

 isabellino indutis ; fascia nuchali delicate nigricante strio- 

 lata ; gutture fascia angusta pectus versus in apicem pro- 

 longata intense castanea circumdato ; stria longitudinali 

 per colli latera decurreute fusco-nigra ; fascia lata basin 



* The Strix capensis, A. Smith (S. African Zoology, Aves, pi. 45), is con- 

 sidered by Prof. Kaup to be synonymous with Sc. Candida; but it is 

 obviously a second species of the genus. Horsfi eld's Strix capensis, from 

 a drawing by Dr. F. Buchanan Hamilton, refers, of course, to the Indian 

 species. 



t Communicated to the Editor by Dr. G. Hartlaub. 



