144 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII, 



b. ?. Pasir Raja, Pulau Lontar, S. W. Siam. 12th 

 January, 1917 [No. 3893.] 

 " Iris chrome or lemon, bill horn, cere olive green. 

 feet pale chrome, ciaws greyish horn." 



Examination of the fairly considerable series of Hawk 

 Owls in the Federated Malay States Museums show that the\ 

 are readily divisible into two series: 



(a). A larger form with darker, duller upper surface, the 

 head somewhat greyer than the rest of the upper parts, the 

 white stripes on the under surface more conspicuous. The 

 specimens are dated from October to March and therefore the 

 race is probably only a winter visitor in the Malay Peninsula. = 

 Ninox scutulata scutulata (Raffles). 



(b). A smaller form with browner upper surface and no 

 distinguishable cap; white stripes on the undersurface less 

 conspicuous. Specimens dated from March to August and 

 therefore, as Hartert surmises, probably a resident iorm=Ninox 

 scutulata malaccensis (Eyton). 



Specimens in the Federated Malay States Museums : — 

 Ninox scutulata scutulata (Raffles). 



a. ?. Pulau Lontar, S.W. Siam. January. Wing, 



216 mm. 



b. V . Pulau Dayang Bunting, Langkawi. De- 



cember. Wing, 200 mm. 



c. i. Ginting Bidei. Selangor. October. Wing, 



215 mm. 

 J. ¥. Batang Padang, South Perak. February. 



Wing, 224 mm. 

 e-f. i . Pulau Jarak, Straits of Malacca. March and 



December. Wing, 217, 214 mm. 

 g. Z . Pulau Jemor, Aroa Ids., Straits of Malacca. 



October. Wing, 214 mm. 

 Ninox scutulata malaccensis (Eyton). 

 h-j. 2 $ , ? Pulau Battam, Rhio Archipelago. 



July. Wing, 186, 186, 189 mm. 

 k-l. (?), i. Pulau Karimon, Rhio Archipelago. 



July. Wing, 188, 189 mm. 

 m. V .Changi, Singapore Id., July. Wing, 195 mm. 

 /;. J. Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. March. Wing, 



187 mm. 

 0. i. Rawang, Selangor. August. Wing, 186 mm. 

 p. ?. Tanjong Malim, Perak. April. Wing. 201 



mm. 

 (j. i. Langkawi. March. Wing, 196 mm. 



Ninox scutulata bomeensis (Bp.). 

 v. ? . Sungei Paku, Seribas, S.W. Sarawak, Borneo. 



October. Wing, 172. 



