AYES. 543 



furnished above the base of claws with a few transverse scutella, 

 elsewhere reticulate. 



Sp. Bubo ceylonensis, Strix ceylonensis GM., Strix Leschenaultii TEMM. PL col. 

 20; Bubo Ketupa, Strix Ketupa HOBSF., Strix ceylonensis TEMM. PI. 

 col. 74. 



JBubo Cuv. (in stricter sense). Upper mandible with margin 

 sinuate. Wings not produced as far as the end of tail. Tarsi and 

 toes clothed with dense plumes. 



Sp. Bubo europceus LESS., Strix Bubo L., BUFF. PL enl. 435, LESS. Ornith. 

 PL 17, fig. i, NAUM. Taf. 44; the eagle owl, le grand due; the largest 

 species of this family ; it lives in the extensive forests of Germany, Italy, 

 Hungary and Russia ; rare in France, extremely rare in England ; Bubo 

 lacteus, Strix lactea TEMM. PI. col. 4, from N. Africa, &c. 



Ephialtes KEYSERL. and BLAS., Scops SAVIGNY. "Wings produced 

 beyond the end of tail. Tarsi clothed with short plumes, toes 

 naked. (Species small) 



Sp. Bubo scops, Strix scops L., BUFF. PL enl. 486, NAUM. Taf. 43, fig. 3 ; 

 the scops-eared owl, le petit due, die Zwerg-ohreule ; South of Europe, 

 North of Africa ; rare in England, has not been observed in Holland ; in 

 the colour and marking of the feathers this bird is not unlike the wry- 

 neck ( Yunx torquilla) ; it is not larger than a thrush. Bubo atricapillus, 

 Strix atricapilla NATTEBEB, TEMM. PL col. 145, South America, &c. 



Phodilus ISID. GEOFFR. 1 Bill somewhat straight at the base, 

 curved at the tip. Tufts of feathers above the forehead none. 

 Wings with fourth, fifth and sixth quills subequal, longest of all. 

 Tail very short, rounded. Tarsi feathered. Toes long, reticulate 

 at the upper part, at the lower above the base of claws scutellate 

 anteriorly, with scattered hairs. 



Sp. Phodilus badius, Strix badia HORSF., TEMM. PL col. 318; Java, Suma- 

 tra; this species has much external resemblance to Strix flammea. 



Surnia DUMERIL, KEYSERL. and BLAS. Facial disc incom- 

 plete, sometimes almost obsolete. Aperture of ears oval, moderate 

 or small, without cutaneous fold. Tufts of plumes above the fore- 

 head none. Wings with second, third and fourth quills sinuately 

 narrowed externally, the third quill longest of all. Tarsi and often 

 toes also densely plumed. 



1 Ann. des Sc. nat. xxi. 1830, pp. 194 203. 



