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64. Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 257. no. 43 

 (1788). 



"Macpherson Straits, S. Andaman, March 5: bill dark 

 slate ; legs dirty white ; iris yellowish grey.^^ 

 A young male in first plumage. 



65. Scops modestus, Walden, Ann. N. H. (4) xiii. p. 123, 

 "Port Blair, S. Andaman '' (Feb. 1874). 



Distinguishable from all the other described Asiatic species 

 of the genus by its sober colours and plain markings, and, 

 with the exception of Scops mantis, by its diminutive size. 



66. NiNox OBscTJRus. (Plate IV.) 



Ninox obscur'us, Hume, Str. Feath. i. p. 11, "Nicobars, 

 near Camorta'-" (Nov. 1872); Ball, tom. cit. p. 55 (Feb. 

 1873). 



Ninox, sp. ? Ball, J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 240, " Port Mouat.'^ 



" South Andaman, 6 , March 1 : iris bright yellow ; legs 

 pale yellow; maxilla dark brown; culmen and mandible 

 greenish slate." 



The fourth primary in this example slightly exceeds the 

 third and is the longest ; the third exceeds the fifth. Dimen- 

 sions in the flesh: total length 11*10 inches; wing '9; tail 

 5*15. The stiff bristles which arm the sides of the toes are 

 dark brown. 



67. NiNox AFFiNis. (Plate V.) 



Ninox affinis, Tytler : Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 316. no. 10, 

 "Aberdeen Point, Port Blair;" Hume, Scrap Book, p. 421 

 (1869). 



? Athene hirsut a (Temm.), v. Pelzeln, Novara ^xt^. Aves, 

 p. 26, "Kondul Island, Nicobars" (1865). 



? Ninox hirsuta (Temm.), Ball, Str. Feath. i. p. 54. no. 10, 

 "Nicobars" (Feb. 1873). 



" Port Blair, S. Andaman : S , May 31, colour of eye pale 

 blue (?), feet pale yellow; 6, July 17; $, Aug. 8." (Wim- 

 berley.) 



Readily distinguishable from N. hirsutus of Ceylon, India, 

 and Burma, and the smaller race, N. malaccensis, of the Malay 

 peninsula by its much inferior dimensions, the more cine- 



