166 Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol XXV III, No. 3. [June 30, 1922, • 



1559- (1171) Huhua orientalis. The Malay Eagle-Oivl. 



Strix orientalis //or*/., Trans. L.S., xiii., p. 140 (182 M. 

 {Java). 



S. Tennasserim, Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java and 

 Borneo. 



1560. (1172) Nyctea nyctea. The Sno ivy Owl. 



Strix nyctea Linyi., S.N., i., 2^. 93 (1858), (Sweden). 

 Mardan, N.W. Punjab., Northern Europe and Asia. 



1561. (1173) Otus scops pulchellus. The Eastern Scops Owl. 



Stryx pulchella Pall., Reise Prov. Russ. Reich., i., p. 456 

 (1871), (Volga). 

 S. Eastern Russia, straggler into X.W. India. 



1562. Otus scops sunia. The Indian Scops Owl. 



Scops sunia Hodg., As. Res., p. 175 (1836), (Nejyal). 

 North and Central India. 



1563. Otus scops rufipennis. The Southern Indian Scops 



Owl. 



Scops rufipennis Sharpe, Cat. B.M., il, p. 60 (1875), 

 {Madras). 

 Southern India. 



1564. Otus scops nicobarica. T]ie Nicohar Scops Oivl. 



Ephialtes nicobaricus Hume, S.F., iv., p. 283 (1877), 

 {Nicobars). 



Nicobars. 



»565. Otus scops minutus. The Ceylon Scops Owl. 



Scops minutus Legge, A.M.N.H., (5), i., p. 175, (1878), 

 {Ceylon). 



Ceylon only. 



»S66. (1174) Otus brucei. The Striated Scops Oivl. 



Ephialtes brucei Hume, S.F., i., p. 8 (1873), (Bombay). 

 West Turkestan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Kashmir, 

 S. to Bombay. 



1567, (1175) Otus spilocephalus. The Spotted Himalayan Scops 

 Owl. 



Ephialtes spilocephalus 5^///(, J.A.S.B., xv., p. 8 (1846), 

 (Darjiling). 

 Himalayas, Murrec to E. Assam, N. and Central Burma. 



