312 ON THE BIEDS INHABITING [1875. 



Si/rnium philippense, G. R Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., AccipHres, p. 105, " Philippine 

 Islands " (1848). 



Otus fhiUppensis, G. K. Gray, Gray & Mitch. Genera, i. p. 40, no. 11. 



Hob. Philippines {Cuming). 



An example of this rare Owl, contained in the Leyden Museum, is said to have been 

 Tr. Z. S. is. obtained in the Philippines by Cuming. The accompanying figure is from the type specimen 

 p. 145. -j^ |.j^g British Museum, obtained by that traveller. 



Lempijius, Bonaparte. 



26. *Lempijius1 megalotis. (PI. XXV. fig. 3, in. orig.) 



EpMaltes megalotis, G. R. Gray, Hand-list, i. p. 46, no. 474, "Manilla" (1869) {descr. 

 nulla). 



Hah. Manilla {\). 



A weU-marked species, conspicuous by its long ear-tufts, which measure fully an inch and 

 a quarter. The type is preserved in the British Museum, and, although noted by Mr. Gray (/. c.) 

 as being a young bird, appears to me to be fully adult. 



Light rufous. Feathers of the head and back with very minute black transverse markings, 

 bolder on the long ear-tufts. Under surface tawny rufous, the minute transverse markings 

 being pale brown. Quills alternately barred throughout their length with pale brown and pale 

 fulvous bands. The brown bands more or less dotted with pale fulvous ; the fulvous bands here 

 and there with a narrow pale-brown irregular line running through. Eectrices marked and 

 coloured like the quills ; but the bands are narrower. Tarsus feathered to the feet, which are 

 naked. "NYing 6 ; tail 2-25 ; tarsus 1 •25. 



The figure is taken from the type specimen. 



Steigin-jE. 



SCELOSTKIX, Kaup. 



27. SCELOSTRIX CAIsDIDA. 



Strix Candida, Tickell, J. A. S. B. 1833, p. 572, "Bengal and the upper Provinces ;" Jerdon, 

 lUustr. Ind. Orn. pi. 30 ; Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. xxiv. pi. 2. 



Strix amauronota. Cab. J. f. O. 1866, p. 9, "Luzon" {descr. nulla); oj). cit. 1872, p. 316, 

 no. 3 {descr. lyrinceps). 



A single example of a long-legged Grass-Owl was obtained in the Philippines by Dr. Meyer ; 

 but the exact locality was not recorded. In its dimensions it agrees with Indian examples, and 

 cannot be separated by any peculiarities of colouring. The description lately published by 

 Dr. Cabanis (/. c.) of his Strix amauronota perfectly agrees with the example obtained by 

 Dr. Meyer. S. inthecops, Swinhoe (Ibis, 1866, p. 396, "Formosa"), according to Mr. G. H. 

 Gurney {in epist.), also belongs to the same species. And Mr. Swinhoe (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 344, 

 no. 56) has identified S. pithecops with S. Candida, while Mr. Gould has recently {I. c.) united 



