332 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
GLAUCIDIUM RADTATUM (Blanford, Vol. IT1., p. 306 ; 
Legge, p. 152). 
The Jungle Owlet. 
Description.—Lores whitish with dark tips; the sides of 
the head and neck, the crown and the upper plumage, the 
wing coverts, tertiaries, and upper tail coverts dark brown 
with narrow bars of pale rufous or white ; some white spots 
on the scapulars and wing coverts ; wing quills barred with 
rich dark brown and rufous, the latter colour paling into 
whitish at the edge of the larger primaries and near the tips 
of the secondaries ; tail feathers black-brown with narrow 
white tips and crossbars. The chin and a band on each side 
of the throat whitish ; remainder of lower parts whitish-buff 
with numerous bars of olive-brown which become rather 
arrow-shaped on the abdomen and fade away on the legs and 
lower tail coverts. 
Bill greenish-horny ; cere greenish; iris yellow; feet 
greenish-yellow. 
Length 8; wing 5:1; tail 2:6; tarsus °9; bill from 
gape °75. 
Distribution.—Fairly widely distributed over the southern 
half of the Island, being commonest in the Eastern Province. 
Tt is found also in the Uva hills. It occurs in well-wooded 
country over the greater part of India. 
Habits, &c.—Found in tall forest and dense jungle, or 
occasionally in scrub jungle near the sea. It is very seldom 
seen, but its presence may be detected by its peculiar call, 
which is uttered during the daytime when the weather is dull 
or cloudy. This call is described by Legge as starting ‘* with 
the syllable kaow, slowly repeated, and gradually accelerated 
until changed to kaow whap, kaow whap, which increases 
in loudness til) suddenly stopped.” Its flight is straight and 
strong. It feeds on beetles and other insects, and also on 
small birds, even attacking young chickens. In India it 
breeds during April and May in holes of trees, laying two or 
three smooth white glossless eggs averaging 1°25 by 1:06. 
