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#. Menadensis, Quoy ; from Celebes and Flores. 
E. Leucospila, Gray; from Batchian, Morty Island, Boru, 
Ternate and Celebes. 
E. Sylvicola, Wallace, from Flores. 
E. Magicus, Bon ; from Ceram and Amboyna. 
E. Mantis,* Bon; from the Malay Peninsular, Sumatra and 
Borneo. 
I ought perhaps to have included in these notes H. Lempigi, 
Horsf., as two years ago, I was shown a Rangoon specimen 
apparently (I had not then examined this group) belonging 
to that species, but 1am by no means swe of its occurrence 
(the bird I saw may have been Leéftia) within our limits, or in- 
deed north of the Straits, where, as also in Sumatra, Java and 
Borneo, it is common. 
No. 76. Athene Brama,t+ Trem. 
Tur Srorrep Ow Lert. 
This species breeds in February, March and April; but the 
ereat majority of the birds lay in March. 
* This latter, probably confounded with Lempzqi, is said to have occurred 
in Burmah. I quote Bonaparte’s description “ Affinis praecedente (Lem- 
pigt) sed minor, alis vix quinque pollicaribus (say 5°35 Eng.). Ferrugi- 
neus, albo-rufescente fuscoque varius, maculis supra parvis, pallidis, 
sagittatis, subtus minimis, elongatis ; fronte albo-rufescente.” 
Nore. Col. Tytler showed me specimens of an Hphialtes from Bar- 
rackpore, which he called Lempigi and which (1 had not then studied the 
group) may have been so; but what was most remarkable was, that these 
were altogether undistinguishable from specimens which he had received 
from Mons Verreaux as Braziliensis from South America. 
+ ATHENE BraMa. 
Dimensions. (Sexes vary but little in size, but the female weighs con- 
siderably heavier.) 
Length, 8°0 to 9°5. Expanse, 21 to 22°5. Wing, 6°15 to 665. Tail, 2°75 to 
3. Tarsus, 1 to 1:1. Foot greatest length, 2°1 to 2°2; greatest width, 2°15 to 
2:23; mid toe to root of claw, 0°72 to 0°82; its claw straight, 04 to 0°45 ; 
hind toe to root of claw, 0°38 to 0°42; its claw, 0°36 to O41; inner toe to 
root of claw, 0°6 to 0°65; its claw, 0°38 to O'4. Bill straight from margin of 
cere to point, 0°48 to 0°52; from gape, 0°78 to 0°84; width at gape, 0°64 to 
O72; height at front at margin of cere, 0°30 to 0°36; length of cere, on 
culmen, 0°25 to 0°31. Wings when closed reach to end of tail or fall short of 
them by not more than 0°5 inch. Lower tail coverts reach to within 0°75 to 
15 of end of tail. The third and fourth primaries are the longest. The 
first from O'9 to 1:1; and the second from 0°2 to 0°35 shorter. The exterior 
tail feathers ave from 0°13 to 0°42 shorter than the central ones. The weight 
