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lower Himalayas. It frequents thick groves and forest jungle, and 

 is said to kill fish ; but it may have been mistaken for Ketupa 

 Ceylonensis, which it resembles much in the style of its markings, 

 though of greatly duller tints. 



Gen. HuHUA, Hodgson. 



Syn. Urrua apud Kaup ; Buho, auct. 



Char. — Bill long, straight, suddenly hooked, very strong, 

 and deep, festooned ''on the upper mandible, with the tomise 

 scarpt and trenchant ; nares ovoid, transverse, partially exposed ; 

 large ear-tufts ; ear-orifice rather small ; disk small and imperfect ; 

 wings rather long, nearly reaching to the end of the tail ; 4th and 

 5th quills sub-equal and longest, the first six closely emarginate on 

 the inner web ; tail moderate, even ; tarsus short, very stout, densely 

 feathered ; toes short, very strong, partially denuded next the claws, 

 and scaled, rough with bristly feathers, very unequal ; inner toe 

 equal to, or longer than, the mid toe ; outer toe very short, not ver- 

 satile, but antagonising ; talons very large, acute, very unequal ; the 

 inner fore-claw immense; the hind toe and claw about equal to the 

 outer one. 



These are birds of large size, very powerful make, and rapacious 

 habits ; their bill is aquiline, and they constitute a well-marked 

 genus, very distinct from any of the others of this sub-family ; 

 their irides are dark. 



71. Huhua Nipalensis, Hodgson. 



J. A. S. IV, 362 ; As. Res. XIX. 172— H. pectoralis, Jerdon, 

 Cat. 44, with figure ? Bubo orientalis, apud Blyth, Cat. 140 — 

 HoESF., Cat. 86. — Huhu and Huhu Cliil, in Nepal ; Uman, Mai. 



The Forest Eagle-Owl. 



Descr. — Above dark brown, the feathers barred and edged with 

 pale tawny, the yellow predominating on the back, and back of neck ; 

 ear-tufts dark brown on the outer web, with pale bars, fulvous on 

 the inner web, with dark bars ; disk brownish-white, edged brown 

 over the base of bill and eye ; quills brown, barred, and clouded 

 with whitish-tawny ; tail the same ; outer edge of scapularies pale 

 yellow, with brown bars ; beneath, the chin white, and the rest of 



