GLAUCIDIUM. HI 



Hab. Northern India, the Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Bengal, Assam, the 

 Himalayas, and Nepaul. Besides the latter it is noted from Mussoorie 

 and Darjeeling, also from Amherst, Mergui and Tennaserim, from Tavoy 

 northwards. 



Mr. Hume says this pretty little owlet though nocturnal in its habits is very 

 watchful by day ; when seated motionless it appears as a knot or excrescence 

 on the branch, but " point in its direction," or the moment your eyes are on 

 it, it is aware that it has been recognized and darts away. It is said to be as 

 daring as the Falconets. Breeds during May and June, making little or no nest 

 in the hollow of trees. Nest usually lined with feathers. Eggs 3 4, nearly 

 round, and pure white. Feeds on young birds, mice, and insects. The 

 flight of this bird, Mr. Thompson says, is rapid and vigorous. Glaucidium cas- 

 taneonotum, Bly., occurs in Ceylon^ and may be found in Travancore 

 or some part of Southern India. G. castonopterum, a Javan species, is said 

 to occur in Tennaserim, but of this there is no reliable information, and 

 Mr. Hume surmises that if such a bird should be found in British Burmah, 

 it will prove a distinct species. The coloration of the Javan bird is a deep 

 chestnut with the usual barrings and a chestnut streaked abdomen. Wing 

 5*7 inches. 



107. Glaucidium radiatum, Tick. J. A. S. B. ii. p. 572; 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 259; Walden, Ibis, vol. vi. 1876, p. 343; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Slriges B, M. p. 2 1 7. Athene radiala, Bly . J. A. S. B. xv. p. 281 ; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. i. 143, No. 77 ; Ball Sir. ii. p. 383 ; Sir. F. iv. 373 ; vi. 36 ; Hume, 

 Rough Notes, ii. p. 409 ; id. Nests and Eggs Ind. B. i. p. 70,- Vidal, B. 

 South Concan, Sir. F. p. 39. The JUNGLE OWLET. 



Above dusky brown, barred with rufous buff or rufescent whitish, rather 

 broader on the hind neck ; outer web of scapulars whitish with a few dusky 

 spots or bars. Wing coverts rufescent, the bars broader than on the back. Edge 

 of the wing white. Some of the outer webs of the greater coverts with 

 large white spots; primaries and their coverts and secondaries dark 

 brown, banded with rufous, the bands on the secondaries narrower than those 

 on the primaries; tail dark brown narrowly tipped with whitish and with eight 

 narrow white bands; chin, throat, and cheeks whitish ; rest of under surface 

 barred, except the centre of the body, which is barred transversely with dusky 

 and whitish, the bars on the sides of the breast rather fulvous. Under-tail 

 coverts white, with brown spots. Bill and feet greenish horny ; iris golden 

 yellow ; claws dusky. 



Length. 8 to 8-5 inches ; wing 4'9 to S ', tail 2-85 to 3 ; tarsus 1*0. 



Hab. India generally, from the Himalayas southwards through the Penin- 

 sula, but not extending far below the Neilgherries. Recorded from the N.-W. 

 Provinces, Bengal, the Central Provinces, the Concan, Malabar and Travancore, 



