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though sparingly, in Lower Bengal, Mr. Blyth having, he 
says, picked up an unmistakeable feather of one, in a mango 
tope, thirty miles from Calcutta. I have a specimen from 
Monghyr. It has not been recorded from Ceylon, and in Assam 
it is apparently replaced by the next species. West of the 
Sutledge, I cannot find any record of it, although it may very 
hkely occur there. It is most common in moderately dry 
country, well furnished with large groves. The large mango 
topes of the N. W. Provinces are favourite haunts of this 
species. My own experience is, that it affects neither very 
damp, nor very dense jungly districts. It certainly occurs in 
the sub-Himalayan valleys, as I obtained a specimen near 
Jewlee, below Nynetal. I cannot say whether it ascends the 
Hills to any height. Mr. Blyth thinks that it does not, and I 
have never myself met with it at any considerable elevation. 
The stomachs of four specimens that I examined, contained 
exclusively the remains of Kats, Mice and Squirrels ! 
No. 65 Bis. Bulaca Sinensis. Latuam. 
Tue Matayan Woop Ow... 
Strix. Orientalis, Shaw. Gen. Zool. VII. 257. 
A Seloputo. Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soe. xiii. p. 140. 
“A Pagodarum. Tem. Pl. Col. 230. 
Ulula Sceloputo. — Schleg. Mus. P. B. Striges, p. 22. 
I know nothing personally of this species, and can find 
nothing recorded of its nidification ; I merely follow Mr. Blyth 
in the above synonymy. He says, that Strix Sinensis of 
Latham, is clearly the S. Se/oputo of Horsfield, “ of the Malay- 
an region, spreading into the ‘l'enasserim provinces and Siam, 
aud doubtless into China; as distinguished from B. Ocellata 
(Syrnium ocellatum, Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 289) of India, 
which has not been observed eastward of the Bay of Bengal. 
Latham had merely seen a drawing from India (doubtless 
Hardwicke’s) which he thought might refer to his S. Sinensis ;« 
but both Latham’s and Shaw’s descriptions clearly indicate the 
Malayan species.”’ 
Latham’s description is, however, to my mind, by no means 
clearly indicative, of any particular species, and would answer 
about equally well for several species. He says: 
“Length 17 inches, bill dusky black; face pale, with 
dusky markings, and the feathers surrounding it, marked with 
dusky ; plumage in general, above, ferruginous chestnut, marked 
