THE COLLARED PIGMY OWLET. 161 



and on the Pegu hills. It was certainly the cry of a small Owl that I 



heard, but I was never able to identify it with any species known to me. 

 It has been known to occur in China, and it is found in the hill-tracts 



of Eastern Bengal and in the Himalayas. 



This Owlet is a forest species, and is generally found in hilly country. 



Capt. Bingham likens its note to the words ivhoo, whoo-hoo, whoo. In 



the Himalayas it breeds in May and June in the hollows of trees, laying 



three eggs. 



G. castanopterum, from Java, is stated to have been met with in Tenas- 

 serim by Dr. Heifer. If such a bird should be found in Burmah, Mr. 



Hume surmises that it will prove a distinct species. The Javan bird may 

 be recognized by its barred plumage, deep chestnut back, scapulars, wings 

 and tail, and by the abdomen being white streaked with chestnut. The 

 wing measures nearly six inches in length. 



G. radiatwn, from the Indian peninsula, is stated by Col. Tickell to 

 occur in Arrakan, Burmah and Tenasserim (Ibis, 1876, p. 343). Such a 

 statement implies, I think, that this bird is distributed over the whole 

 Province and is common. No one has, however, met with it in recent 

 years, and it is possible that Col. Tickell mistook the bird for some other 

 species. It is, however, not unlikely to be met with in Arrakan, and I 

 therefore annex Dr. Jerdon's description*. Col. Tickell, in his MS. 111. 

 of Ind. Orn., states that these Owlets are common about Shwayghoon, 

 Htyngbway and Myawadee in Tenasserim, amongst the trees scattered 

 about clearings in the forest close to the towns. 



* GLAUCIDIUM RADIATUM. 



" Above brown, uniformly barred with close rays of rufescent whitish and dusky ; wings 

 more rufous, especially the primaries, and barred with dusky brown ; some of the greater 

 coverts and scapulars with white spots ; beneath, throat white ; the rest of the body barred 

 transversely with dusky and whitish ; under tail-coverts white j bill greenish horny ; irides 

 golden yellow ; feet greenish horny, with dusky claws. Length 8 to 8*5 inches, wing 5, 

 tail nearly 3, tarsus not quite 1. 



" It inhabits the Himalayas and the Indian peninsula, and is said to occur in Arrakan, 

 Burmah and Tenasserim. It is also recorded from the Malay peninsula." 



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