GLAUCIDIUM. ll;j 



Mr. Frank Bourdillon, writing to Mr. Hume, says, this is a resilient in 

 Travancore, preferring the low jungles, though he has often heard one as hi^h 

 as 2,500 feet in heavy jungle. Feeds during the hour after sunrise and before 

 sunset. Mr. Hume observes that all the specimens got from Travancore are 

 typical MalabaHcum with the upper parts strongly ferruginous. 



109. Glaucidium CUCUloideS, Gould, Cent. Him. E. pi. 4; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 259 ; id. Cat. B. Br. Mits. ii. p. 219 ; Hume, and T)av. S. F. vi. 

 p. 37 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 84 ; Eingham, S/r. F. ix. p. 148 ; Oates, Str. F. 

 x. p. 183; id. B. Br. Burmah, ii, p. 162. Noctua cuculoides, Vig, P. Z. S., 

 183 1, p. 8. Athene cuculoides, Jerd. B. Ind., i. p. 145, No. 79; Hume 

 Rough Notes, ii. p. 414 ; id. Nests and Eggs, p. 71 ; id. Str. F. iii. p. 39 ; 

 Wardlaw-Eamsay , Ibis, 1887, p. 454; Marshall, E. Chumba, N.-W. Himalaya, 

 p. 408. The LARGE-BARRED OWLET. 



Whole upper plumage and wings brown, closely barred all over with ochra- 

 ceous ; ear coverts, sides of the neck, a band across the throat and the whole 

 breast similarly banded. A broad moustachial band reaching to the ear 

 coverts, and a large patch on the foreneck white ; outer webs of some of the 

 scapulars and outermost wing coverts with large patches of white ; centre of 

 abdomen, vent and under-tail coverts white, the sides of the former and flanks 

 streaked with rufous ; auxiliaries and under-wing coverts pale buff. The 

 latter with a few brown streaks ; tail blackish, tipped with white and with six 

 bars of the same colour ; thighs in front rufous ; iris bright yellow ; eyelids 

 greenish plumbeous ; cere brown ; bill pale green, the tip of the upper man- 

 dible yellow. Legs greenish yellow ; claws brown. 



Length. 87 to 8-9 inches; wing 5-7 to 5-8; tail 3-2 to 3-8; tarsus i to 

 TO2 ; bill from gape 0-9. Females larger. 



Hab. The Himalayas to Nepaul, extending to Burmah and Siam. Found 

 in Assam, Arracan, and Tenasserim, and also in China. Recorded from the 

 Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Bengal, the Central Provinces, British Burmah, and 

 Nepaul. Spread all over British Burmah and along the lower ranges of the 

 Himalayas, and generally throughout Northern India. Breeds in the Himalayas 

 from March to May, laying 3 4 eggs, which are pure white and glossy. In 

 shape almost spherical to broad ovals, and measure from i^S to 1*48 X 1-17 

 to 1-24 inches. The nests are made in holes of trees, without any lining. The 

 species inhabits forests, gardens, and bamboo groves or large orchards. 

 G. Whitelyi is another species found as yet only in Japan and China, and is 

 believed to occur in Burmah. 



Sub-Family II. SYRNIIN^E. HOOTING OWLS. 



Wings moderate, somewhat rounded ; tarsus feathered- Head larger than 

 in the last ; ear conch larger than the eye, with large operculum shutting in 

 the ear; facial disk distinct ; wings long ; 2nd and 3rd quills longest. 



