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214. OTUS MINDORENSIS (Whitehead). 
MINDORO ow. OWL. 
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Scops sp. inc. GRANT, Ibis (1896), 462. 
Scops mindorensigs WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 98. 
Otus mindorensis McGREGoR and WorRCcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 56. 
Mindoro (Whitehead). 
Adult female.—Similar to Otus longicornis but smaller; hair-like 
feathers on each side of mandible shorter, the longest less than 25 mm. ; 
forehead and space above eyes almost uniform pale buff; ear-tufts shorter, 
the longest feather about 30 mm.; white nuchal band obsolete; lower 
parts mostly buffy, and almost entirely devoid of white. Length, 183; 
wing, 135; tail, 63; tarsus, 29. Male unkonwn. ( Whitehead.) 
This species is known from the type ony, a badly damaged skin obtained 
by Whitehead. 
215. OTUS WHITEHEADI (Grant). 
WHITEHEAD’S SCREECH OWL. 
Scops whiteheadi Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. (1895), 4, 40; Ibis (1895), 
440; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 97; SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 287. 
Otus whiteheadi McGrREGOoR and WoRCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 46. 
Luzon (Whitehead). 
Description —“This remarkably fine new species is most nearly related 
to Scops everetti of Tweeddale, from the Island of Mindanao, but it is 
very much larger, and is, in fact, the largest Scops at present known to 
inhabit the Old World. The feathering on the tarsi extends over the 
basal joints of toes; the light cross-bars on the inner webs of the quills 
are much less conspicuous; and the middle of the lower breast and belly 
is uniform whitish buff, in marked contrast to the sides. Both the gray 
and rufous phases of plumage are represented. Adult male. Length, 
241 to 254; wing, 185 to 188; tail, 91 to 94; tarsus, 42. Adult female. 
Length, 279 to 289; wing, 195 to 203; tail, 99 to 102; tarsus, 42 to 48.” 
( Grant.) 
“Tris golden brown; bill brownish white, tipped with white; feet dull 
white, nails white.” (Whitehead.) 
Known from Whitehead’s specimens only, which were collected in Le- 
panto, northern Luzon. 
216. OTUS RUFESCENS (Horsfield). 
“RUFOUS SCREECH OWL. 
Stria rufescens HoRSFIELD, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1821), 13, pt. 1. 140. 
Scops rufescens SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1875), 2, 102; Proc. Zool. 
Soe. (1879), 314; Hand-List (1899), 1, 287. 
Otus rufescens McGrREGoR and WorcesTER, Hand-List (1906), 46. 
Sulu (Burbidge). Malay Peninsula, Greater Sunda Islands. 
