the Lower Yangtse Basin. 485 



trees, in the Chien San range behind Ngankin. The male 

 was shot, but his mate escaped, after a long chase. A friend 

 in Shanghai has a live one — locality unknown — which he 

 feeds entirely on meat ; it perches with the outer toe 

 reversed. 



181. Bubo ignavus (Forster). 



(58.) Bubo maximus, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 343. 



Not -uncommon among the hills that border the Yangtse. 

 In the summer young birds are brought down alive by the 

 woodcutters, and every winter one or two are shot by sports- 

 men. 



182. Bubo coromandus (Lath.). 



(59.) A single immature specimen was obtained near 

 Shanghai by P^re Heude. 



183. Scops GLABRiPES, Swiuhoc. 



(64.) I have obtained examples of this species at Kiukiang 

 and Chinteh, lower down the river, and have heard it (or a 

 species with an exactly similar note) calling at Kahing. At 

 Kiukiang I obtained young fully fledged, but still in down, 

 from the Lushan Hills on 6th July. 



' 184. Scops semitorques, T. & S. 



(65.) I have examined specimens of this Japanese Owl 

 from Hankow, Chinkiang, and Ningpo. 



185. Scops stictonotus, Sharpe. 



(63.) Scops sunia, Hodgs.; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 343. 



Obtained at Kiukiang in April, Shanghai in October, and 

 on Gutzlaff Island, at the mouth of the Yangtse, in November 

 (migrating) . 



186. Glaucidium whitelyi (Blyth). 



(55.) A very common bird throughout the Yangtse 

 Valley, both on the hills and plains. Young birds fully 

 fledged are about by the middle of May. 



In habits they are more or less diurnal. Their long 

 gurgling call can often be heard during the daytime, and 

 I have shot one in the act of devouring a young chicken 

 just killed ; another had the whole leg of a chicken in its 



