192 THE FOOt) OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



1156. Asio otus. Long-eared Owl. Mice, moles, beetles, Jerd. 

 B. I. I, 126. Mice, insects, and small birds. F. I. Ill, 271. 



1157. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. Field mice. B. 

 N. H. S. J. XI, 163. A coleopteron. 



B. N. H. S. J. XIV, 534. Small mammals. F. I. Ill, 272. 



1160. Syrnium indrani. Brown Wood-Owl. In captivity, 

 small birds, lizards, and fish. F. I. Ill, 276. 



1161. Syrnium ocellatum. Mottled Wood-Owl. Crabs and 

 beetles. B. N. H. S. J. XVII, 667. Chiefly on small mammals 

 rats, mice, squirrels, F. I. Ill, 278. Young in captivity, lizards, 

 grasshoppers, cockroaches. Bombay Gaz., Cutch, Vol. X, p. 59. 



1162. Syrnium seloputo. Malayan Wood-Owl. Beetles. F. 

 I. Ill, 279. 



Ketupa. This genus feeds on fish, crabs, and aquatic animals 

 chiefly. Jerd. B. I. I. 133. Fish, crabs and insects their main diet, 

 E. B. C. N. H., 414. Chiefly fish and Crustacea. Imp. Gaz. I, 

 251. 



1164. Ketupa zeylonensis. The Brown Fish-Owl. Mice, 

 lizards and birds, in captivity. B. N. H. S. J. XI, 164. 



Not exclusively fish. B. N. H. S. J. Ill, 224. Fish, but more on 

 crabs ; by natives asserted to kill cats. Jejd. B. I. 1, 134. 



Chiefly fish and crabs, but also kills birds and small mammals 

 at times. F. I. 3, 282. 



Fish and crabs, Bom. Gaz., Cutch, Vol. X, p. 59. 



1165. Ketupa flavipes. Tawny Fish-Owl. Fish and crabs 

 Jerd. B. 1. 1. 135. F. I., 3, 282. Fish, swooping like a fish-eagle. 

 B. N. H. S. J. XVII, 969. Fish. B. N. H. S. J. XI, 224. 



1166. Ketupa javanensis. Malay Fish-Owl. Feeds largely 

 on insects, but probably eats fish and crabs as well. F. I., 283. 



Bw&o. - All seem destructive to game and often to poultry. 

 E. B. C. N. H., 414. 



1167. Bubo ignavus. Eagle Owl. Game birds, hares, rab- 

 bits, and even fawns of deer, and especially it is said on crows. F. 



