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214. OTUS MINDOREN8IS (Whitebead). 

 MINDORO SCREECH OWL. 



Scops sp. inc. GRANT, Ibis (1806), 462. 



Scops mindorensis WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 98. 



Otus mindorensis MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 56. 



Mindoro ( Whitehead ) . 



Adult female. Similar to Otus longicornis but smaller; hair-like 

 feathers on each side of mandible shorter, the longest less than 25 mm. ; 

 forehead and space above eyes almost uniform pale buff ; ear-tufts shorter, 

 the longest feather about 30 mm. ; white nuchal band obsolete ; lower 

 parts mostly buffy, and almost entirely devoid of white. Length, 183; 

 wing, 135; tail, 63; tarsus, 29. Male unkonwn. (Whitehead.) 



This species is known from the type ony, a badly damaged skin obtained 

 by Whitehead. 



215. OTUS WHITEHEADI (Grant). 



WHITEHEAD'S SCREECH OWL. 



Scops whiteheadi GRANT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. (1895), 4, 40; Ibis (1895), 

 440; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 97; SHABPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 287. 

 Otus whiteheadi MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 46. 



Luzon (Whitehead). 



Description. "This remarkably fine new species is most nearly related 

 to Scops everetti of Tweeddale, from the Island of Mindanao, but it is 

 very much larger, and is, in fact, the largest Scops at present known to 

 inhabit the Old World. The feathering on the tarsi extends over the 

 basal joints of toes; the light cross-bars on the inner webs of the quills 

 are much less conspicuous; and the middle of the lower breast and belly 

 is uniform whitish buff, in marked contrast 'to the sides. Both the gray 

 and rufous phases of plumage are represented. Adult male. Length, 

 241 to 254; wing, 185 to 188; tail, 91 to 94; tarsus, 42. Adult female. 

 Length, 279 to 289; wing, 195 to 203; tail, 99 to 102; tarsus, 42 to 48." 

 (Grant.) 



"Iris golden brown; bill brownish white, tipped with white; feet dull 

 white, nails white." (Whitehead.) 



Known from Whitehead's specimens only, which were collected in Le- 

 panto, northern Luzon. 



216. OTUS RUFESCENS (Horsfield). 

 RUFOUS SCREECH OWL. 



Striae rufescens HORSFIELD, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1821), 13, pt. 1. 140. 



Scops rufescens SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1875), 2, 102; Proc. Zool. 



Soc. (1879), 314; Hand-List (1899), 1, 287. 

 Otus rufescens MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 46. 



Sulu (Burbidge). Malay Peninsula, Greater Sunda Islands. 



