220 



ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS 



[187; 



Ibis, 1872, 

 p. i3U5. 



Phodilus badius (Horsf.), Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 139, "Java" (1820); Zool. lies. Java, 

 pi. — ; Temm. PL Col. 318, "Java"; Schlcgel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Striges, p. 23. 



No locality given; probably from neighbourhood of Sarawak. Example sent undis- 

 tinguishable fiom Malaccan and Burmese (Tonghoo) individuals. Sumatran individuals are 

 considered to belong to the same species (Schlegel, I. c). 



NiNOX BOEXEENSLS (Bp.), Mus. Lugd. Consp. i. p. 41. no. 23, " Malaiasia, Borneo" (1850); 

 Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, SirUjes, p. 25. 



" Marup." 



Although also given by Bonaparte from Malaiasia, the only examples in the Lcyden 

 Museum were from Borneo. Of a paler and ruddier brown than INIalaccan individuals I have 

 examined. Underneath, the broader centres are almost bright rufous, and occupy more of each 

 feather, less white being thus apparent than in N. scutellatus (Raffl.) = iy^. malai/ensis, Eyton, or 

 in any other of the allied forms. Dimensions less than those of the Ceylon, South-Indian, 

 Assam, Burmese, or Malaccan species. Four caudal bands arc present. 



Longitudo 



• Tho examples noted as adult have the crest pure white aud black. The others have the black portion of the crest- 

 plumes edged witli ferruginous brown. Tho caudal banding of one Ceylon individual agrees with the banding in tho Javan 

 and Malaccan. Li tho throo other Ceylon individuals three dark brown bands are more or less indicated. 



