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Strix flammea. The Barn-Owl. 



Oil October 31 I was shown a living specimen which had 

 been caught in Jhelum city. 



Asio accipitrinus. The Short-eared Ow). 



A single specimen seen on November 1, when it was 

 circling in the air for a long time in the afternoon, being 

 mobbed by Crows. What was almost certainly the same 

 specimen was flnshed on the golf-course on November 3. 



Zetupa zeylonensis. The Brown Fish-Owl. 

 920. 4.11.1913. Jhelum. S- 



This specimen was shot in the Rak, where I saw it befoi'O 

 on October 10. 



Buho bengalensis. The Rock Horned Owl. 



Probably resident and fairly common in the Salt Range. 



Several Owls which appeared referable to this species 

 and not B. coromandus, were noted about Jhelum during the 

 winter in the Rak, including one that used to sleep in a 

 peepul-tree in my compound. One was flushed from under 

 a small tamarisk bush on an island of the river on 

 February 8. 



Bubo coromandus. The Dusky Horned Owl. 



A few pairs are resident in the Rak at Jhelum, where I 

 found a nest containing two eggs on January 4. They were 

 often heard calling an hour or two before sunset. For a 

 long time I was puzzled as to their food-supply in the thick 

 jungle of the Rak, but one evening during daylight I flushed 

 an owl carrying a black object which appeared to be part 

 of a crow. This incident, combined with the fact that the 

 Rak is littered with portions of defunct crows, suggest that 

 these Owls find an easy living amongst the hordes of Crows, 

 Mynahs and Starlings which roost nightly in the Rak. 



Athene brama. The Spotted Owlet. 

 677. 16.4.1913. Jhelum. (J. M^ing 164 mm. 

 A common resident, occurring throughout the district, 

 including the Salt Range. 



