87 



Strix nudipes aut psilodactyla Nils. Orn. Suec. i. p. 68, t. 2 ; Temm, 



Man. (TOrn. iii. p. 50. 



Athene psilodactyla Brelim, Vog. Deut. i. p. 110. t. 8. f. 2. 

 Noctua veterum Licht. 

 Athene passerina Boie, Isis, (1822) p. 549: ; Brehm, Vog. Deut. i, 



p. 110. 



Athene gymnopus Hodgs. 

 Carine passerina Kaup, Naturl. Syst. der Eur. Thier. p. 29. 



PI. enl. 439. ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 48. ; Hodgs. Icon. ined. 

 Accip. 80. 



a. Great Britain? From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



b. Germany. 



c. Great Britain ? 



d. Europe. 



e. Thibet. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



2. ATHENE BRAMA. The Indian Owl. 



Athene brama G. R. Gray, List, of Birds, Brit. Mus, i. p. 50, 



Strix brama Temm. pi. col. 68. 



Noctua brama Cuv. Reg. An. (1829) i. p. 346. 



Strix indica Frankl. Proc. Z. S. (1831) p. 115. 



Noctua tarayensis Hodgs. Journ. A. S. B. (1837) p. 369. ; As. 



Res. xix. p. 175. 



Athene indicus Blytli, Journ. A. S. B. (1842) p. 457. 

 Athene tarayensis Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. (1844) p. 82. 



Hodgs. Icon. ined. Accip. 82.* 82. f. 1. 



a, b. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



c, d. Madras. Presented by the Rev. H. H. Baber. 

 e. India. Presented by . Hillier, Esq. 



/. India. Presented by M.-Gen. T. Hardwicke. 



g. India. Presented by Dr. Burns. 



h. India. 



i,j. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



k. Behar. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



/. Sternum, Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



3. ATHENE CUCULOIDES. The Himalayan Owl. 



Athene cuculoi'des Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. (1841) p. 921. 

 Noctua cuculoides Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1830) p. 8. 

 Noctua auribarbis Hodgs. Journ. A. S. B. (1837) p. 369. 



Gould, Cent, of Birds, pi. 4. ; Hodgs. Icon. ined. Accip. 81,* 

 81. App. 9. 



a c. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



d, Nepal, young. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



