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BL'BONID.^. 



(spotted witli dark bi'owii; abdomen, flauks and tliigli-coverts buffy 

 white, •with narrow transverse wavy bars of brown, the feathers of the 

 lower breast with distinct mesial streaks ; under tail-coverts fulvous, 

 with narrow wavy brown bars. Tarsal plume buffy white, fulvous on 

 the sides and behind, and with a few indistinct brown markings. 

 Under wing-coverts tawny buff, with narrow brown markings. Bill 

 horny black ; irides yellow. 



Length. — 20 to 22 inches, wing 16, tail 8*8 to 9, tarsus 2'95 to 3. 



Hah. — The Peninsula of India and Ceylon ; also Beloochistau, 

 Afghanistan, and Nepaul. In India ithas been recorded from Behar, 

 Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore, North Guzerat, the Neilgherries, Mhow, 

 Malabar Coast, the Concan and Deccan. In Sind it is a permanent 

 resident, breeding in March and April, laying from 2 to 4 eggs of a 

 creamy white colour. 



Bubo coronianduB, Lath. Ind. Om. i. p. 53 ; Sliarpe, Cat. 

 Striges. B. M. p. 35. Bubo coromanda, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 37 

 Hume, Str. F. p. 164. Urrua coromanda, Hodys. J. A. S. B. vi. p. 373 

 Jerd. B. of Ind. i p. 130, No 70; Hume, Nest and Eggs. lud. B. p. 63 

 Murraij, Hdbk., ZooL, 8j'c., Sind., p. 118. Ascalaphia coromanda, Blxjth, 

 Ibis. 1866, p. 253; Hume, Hough Notes, ii. p. 371. — The Dusky-horned 

 Owl, 



Adult. — Head, neck, ear-tufts, back, rump, scapulars and upper tail- 

 coverts greyish brown, the feathers thickly vermiculated, crossed with 

 numerous narrow fulvous bars, and with dark mesial streaks. Loreal 

 plumes greyish white with dark shafts to the tips. Ear-coverts dark 

 grey with black shafts, a black patch on the hinder edge of the 

 ear-coverts. Chin whitish, quills ashy brown, the primaries tinged 

 with fulvous and crossed with broad bands of dark brown. Outer 

 scapulars with yellowish-white spots forming a shoulder patch. Tail 

 dark brown, with 4 broad fulvous bands and a buffy white tip. Entire 

 under surface pale earthy brown with a fulvous tinge, the feathers mesially 

 streaked with dark brown and faintly barred with zigzag lines. Thigh- 

 coverts and tarsal plume fulvescent, with narrow bars of zigzag lines. 

 Feet sparsely feathered. Claws horny brown. Bill greyish at the base, 

 horny yellow at tip. 



Length. — 21 to 23 inches, wing 16, tail 9, tarsus 2 to 2" 65. 



Hab. — Sind, N. W. Provinces (Futtehgur, Delhi), Oudh, Nepali, 

 Lower Bengal, Lower Himalayas, the Carnatic, Malabar Coast, 

 Eajputana and North Guzerat. Like the last it is a resident in Sind. 

 Breeds in December. 



Gen. Scops. — Sav. 



Ear-tufts large- Ear orifico moderate. Lateral margin of bill some- 

 what curved. Cere not inflated ; nostrils oval, situated in the anterior 

 margin of the cere. Wings long, reaching neai^y or quite to the tip 

 of the tail ; 3rd and 4th quills longest ; tail short ; toes generally 

 feathered ; tarsi never naked. 



