130 Lord Walden on a further Collection of 



reous colouring of the head and nape, by the concealed spots 

 or bars on the scapulars being pale rufous or fulvous (not pure 

 white) , and by the abdominal feathers being dark-centred and 

 then bright rufous, with white edges only and not barred 

 through with white. In N. hirsutus and N. malaccensis the 

 abdominal feathers are traversed by a broad pure white bar 

 and terminated by a bold brown (in some a rufous brown), not 

 bright rufous, drop. N. borneensis resembles N. malaccensis 

 in general colouring above, and has also the scapulars spotted 

 with pure white and the abdominal feathers crossed by a white 

 band; but the terminal drop of each feather is larger and bright 

 rufous, not brown. Ninox affinis has five caudal bands. It 

 has a longer tail and a shorter wing than N. borneensis. 



Until examples of the Sumatran Ninox can be compared, 

 the Malaccan species must retain the title of N. malaccensis 

 (Eyton) . This last will probably prove to be identical with 

 the Sumatran, and have to take the title of N. scutulalus 

 (Raffles) ; or this Andaman species may be the same as the 

 Sumatran. 



A. hirsuta (Temm.), v. Pelzeln {I.e.), is undeterminable, 

 as neither of the two examples, captured in an island of the 

 Nicobars, was brought to Europe. Mr. Ball also mentions 

 (/. c.) an example of a Ninox, received by him from the Ni- 

 cobars, which, he says, sufficiently well agrees with Temminck's 

 plate and description of iV. hirsutus; but he does not absolutely 

 identify it with that common and well-known species ; nor 

 does Mr. Hume (Str. Feath. p. 12), to whom the specimen 

 was sent, speak decidedly. The dimensions given by Mr. 

 Ball (/. c.) are much too large for N. affinis ; and this, taken 

 together with the fact that both that gentleman and Hen* v. 

 Pelzeln identified these Nicobar individuals with N. hirsutus, 

 make it possibly probable that another form approaching the 

 Malayan species does occur in that group of islands ; for the 

 dimensions stated by Mr. Ball (wing 8, tail 5) are too large 

 for even N. malaccensis. It may be here repeated that the 

 title of hirsuta was bestowed by Temminck on the Ceylon 

 Hawk Owl, and that of scutulata, Raffles, was given to the 

 Sumatran. 



