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islands, are all comprised in the genus Scops,* of which 
the best known species is Scops zorca, an inhabitant of 
Europe, and also of Northern Africa and of some parts 
of Asia, as well as an occasional though rare visitor 
to the British Isles. 
This extremely beautiful little bird is a woodland 
species, feeding chiefly upon mice and insects. A 
specimen, which was found some years since disabled 
by flying against the lantern of Cromer lighthouse 
contained the remains of a mouse, together with those 
of three caterpillars and several earwigs. 
The genus Zoephostrix comprises two species, of 
somewhat larger size than those of the preceding 
genera, and remarkable for the length and beauty of 
their tufts or “horns;” they are both natives of 
tropical America. 
The succeeding genus, Acfupa, consists of three 
species of large Oriental Horned Owls, which are 
especially remarkable for having the tarsus, or lower 
joint of the leg, more completely divested of plumage 
than is the case in any other Horned Owls, a pecu- 
liarity which is well suited to the habits of the 
birds of this genus, which prey chiefly upon crabs and 
fish. 
Of the three species of the genus Kefupfa, the 
largest is limited to Northern India, and the smallest 
* Some of the species inhabiting India and some islands of the 
Eastern Ocean may not improperly be considered as forming a 
distinct genus, which has received the name of Lempigzus. 
