observed in Oudh and Kumaon. 227 



37. Glaux javanica. 



Obtained in the open country in the cold season. 



The other Nocturnal Raptores said to inhabit India, not in- 

 cluding the Malay countries, are : — 



1. Bubu orientalis. Himalaya; S.India. 



2. B. maximus. Nepal. 



3. B. umhratus. India generally. 



4. Asio otus. Nepal ? 



5. Scops lempiji. Himalaya. 



6. Ketupa flavipes. Himalaya. 



7. K. ceylonensis. India generally. 



8. Ninox scutellatus. India generally. 



9. Athene cuculoides. Himalaya. 



10. A. noctua ? Himalaya. 



11. A. brodiei. Himalaya. 



12. Syrnium indranee. India generally. 



13. S. sinense. India generally. 



14. S. nivicolum. Himalaya. 



15. Phodilus badius. Himalaya. 



38. BUCEROS BIROSTRIS. 



Common in wood jungle during the cold season, especially in 

 the Terai, near the foot of the Nepalese hills. 



39. Upupa epops. (Hoopoe.) 



Common throughout the year; nesting in roofs of houses and 

 in chimneys dui'ing April and May. 



40. Halcyon gurial. 



I obtained a specimen, in December 1859, at a jheel in a 

 thickly wooded country near Khyreegur; I never noticed it 

 again. 



41. Halcyon smyrnensis. 



Exceedingly common throughout the year, frequenting jheels 

 more than rivers. 



42. Ceryle guttatus. 



Frequently seen in Kumaon in May 1859, and was very 

 difficult to approach. 



