258 Mr. li. B. Sliarpe on Birds of Prey in the 



which I would refer to these three genera. Those marked 

 with a dagger (f) I have never seen. 



1. Carine, Kaup. 



1. Carine noctua (L.). Europa. 



2. glaux (Sav.). Africa bor., Palest., Persia. 



3. plumipes (Swinhoe) ■^. Asia centr., Thibet, Mon- 

 golia, N. China. 



4. brama (Frankl.). Ind. peninsula. 



fS. pulchra (Hume). Burmah, Pegu. 



t6. spilogastra (Heugl.). Samchara. 



2. NiNox, Hodgs. 



1. Ninox lugubris, Tick. Himalaya. 

 2. hirsuta (Temm.) . Ceylon. 



3. japonica (T. & S.). Japan, China, Malacca, 



Malasia. 



4. obscura, Hume. Inss. Andaman, Nicobars. 



5. affinis, Tytl. Inss. Andaman. 



6. ochracea (Schl.). Celebes. 



7. boobook (Lath.). Austr. merid. 



8. ocellata (H. & J.). Austr. bor. et occid. 



9. fusca (V.). Timor. 



flO. theomacha (Bp.). Nova Guinea. 



fll. dimorpha (Salvad.). Nova Guinea. 



12. maculata (V. & H.). Tasmania. 



13. nova zealandioi (Gm.). Nova Zealandia. 



tl4. forsteri (Hartl.). Ins. Tonga. 



15. connivens (Lath.). Austr. 



16. rvfistrigata (Gray) . Ins. Gilolo. 



17. strenua (Gould). Austr. bor. 



18. humeralis (H. & J.). Nova Guinea. 



19. franseni (Schl.). Ins. Waigiou. 



20. aruensis (Schl.). Ins. Aru. 



t21. hoedti (Schl.). Inss. Mysol, N. Guinea. 



* This may turn out to be Carine hactriana (Hutton), as Hodgson's 

 Thibetan specimen is the same as the North-China bird ; but Hutton does 

 not mention the feathering' of the toes. 



