OWLS AND DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 327 
KETUPA ZEYLONENSIS (Blanford, Vol. III., p. 281 ; 
Legge, p. 127). 
The Brown Fish Owl. 
Description.—Bristly loral plumes white at the base, black 
towards the tips ; cheeks ‘tawny with black shaft-stripes : 
upper parts light chestnut-brown with broad black shaft- 
stripes ; lower back, rump, and upper tail coverts a little 
paler and with narrow shaft-stripes ; scapulars, tertiaries, 
and wing coverts considerably mottled with whitish, the outer 
webs of the outer scapulars white ; wing quills and tail 
feathers dark brown, barred and tipped with dusky buff. 
which becomes almost white on the outer webs of the larger 
primaries. Throat white with dark shaft-stripes, in some 
birds the white throat patch is almost absent ; feathers of 
remaining lower parts with fine wavy pale brown crossbars 
and bold black shaft-streaks. Bill yellowish-green ; cere pale 
dusky-green ; iris golden-yellow ; legs greenish or yellowish. 
- Length about 21; wing 15; tail 7-5; tarsus 2°75; bill 
from gape 2. 
Distribution.—Fairly common and well distributed over the 
whole of the low-country, ascending the larger river valleys 
up to about 3,000 feet. It occurs in suitable localities 
throughout the Indian Empire, extending eastwards to China, ~ 
while westwards it re-appears in Palestine. 
Habits, &c.—This species is generally found in fairly thick 
jungle near water. During the daytime it roosts in large trees. 
Its ery is a deep triple note “ tu-whoo-hu.” Its food is com- 
posed mainly of fish, but it will also eat small animals, snakes, 
large beetles, &c. It breeds about April, making a scanty 
stick nest on the ledge of a rock near water. At times it will 
lay in the hollow of a tree or even appropriate the deserted 
nest of a Fish Eagle. The two white, broad, oval eggs are 
fairly glossy, and measure about 2°30 by 1°75. 
HvHUA NEPALENSIS (Blanford, Vol. III., p. 287). 
BUBO NIPALENSIS (Legge, p. 131). 
The Forest Hagle Owl. 
Description.— Bristly loral feathers, cheeks and ear coverts 
grayish-buff with rather darker shafts; ear tufts blackish- 
brown, sometimes barred on the inner webs with whitish-buff ; 
