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young were taken from the nest and 

 put in a cage on the verandah. The 

 parents soon found them and continued 

 feeding them at night until they were 

 fully grown and were released. 



The following Owls are also 

 residents in the Yangtse Valley but are 

 not often seen : — 



Ketupa flavipes (Hodgs.), Tawny 

 Fish Owl, 



Otus glabripes (Swinhoe), Elegant 

 Owl, 



Otus semitorques (T. and S.), Half- 

 collared Owl, 



Glaucidium brodiei (Burton), Col- 

 lared Pygmy Owlet. 



Ninox japonica (T. and S.), Brown 

 Hawk Owl, is a summer visitant. 



Otus stictonotus (Sharpe), Spotted 

 Pygmy Owl, is recorded as a migrant 

 and 



Bubo coromandus (Lath), Dusky 

 Horned Owl, as a stray in the 

 Yangtse Valley. 



Family, Caprimulgidae, Goatsuckers, or 

 Nightjars. 



This is a well marked family of quite 

 uniform appearance, the plumage of all 

 its members being soft, and showing a 

 mottling of brown, gray, black, and 

 white. The bill is short, weak and 

 flexible. The gape is cut far back, 

 almost to the eyes. The nostrils are 

 mostly tubular. In the typical members 

 of the family the outer toe has only four 

 joints, and the middle toe is long with 

 its claw pectinated on the inside. 



Nightjars are found in most parts of 

 the world, but most abundant in the 

 tropics. They are mainly nocturnal in 

 their habits, and capture most of their 

 food of insects on the wing. 



