parti)' on birds, small mammals, and, according to Stoliczka, lizards 

 and frogs. Its call, first ascertained by Hutton, consists of four 

 clear whistled notes, whoo-tvhoo wJioo-whoo, easily imitated. Like 

 other species of Glautidium, this Owl is somewhat diurnal in its 

 habits. It lays four round white eggs, generally about May or 

 June, in holes in trees. 



Genus NINOX, Hodgson, 1837. 



Of all the genera of Owls this is, perhaps, the most Hawk-like 

 in general appearance, owing to the ruff and facial disk being quite 

 obsolete. The wings are longer and more pointed than in Athene 

 or Glaucidium, the 3rd or 4th quill is longest and the 1st about 

 as long as the 7th. The tail is slightly lengthened, and rounded 

 at the end. The cere is swollen, with the nostril close to the 

 anterior margin. Tarsus feathered, upper surface of toes thinly 

 furnished \vith bristles. 



This genus is found throughout the Oriental region, the greater 

 part of the Australian region, New Zealand, and Madagascar. 

 Most of the species, including the two found within Indian limits, 

 are almost uniform chocolate-brown above. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Lower parts partly white, partly brown or 



rufous ; quills barred N. scutulata, p. 309. 



b. Lower parts almost entirely brown ; quills not 



barred N. obscura, p. 311. 



1187. Ninox scutulata. The Brown Hawk-Owl. 



Strix scutulata, Raffl. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 280 (1822). 



Strix hirsuta, Temm. PI. Col. p. 289 (1824). 



Strix lugubris, Tickell, J. A. S. B. ii, p. 572 (1833). 



Ninox nipalensis, Hodgs. Madr. Jour. L. S. v, p. 23, pi. 14 (1837) ; 

 Godw.-Awt. J.A.S. B. xlv, pt. 2, p. 68. 



Ninox scutulata, Blyth, Cat. p. 38 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 147 ; Hume, 

 Rough Notes, p. 420; Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 350; A. Anderson, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 27 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. ii, p. 156 ; Blyth $ 

 WaU. Birds Burm. p. 67 ; Hume, S. F. iv, pp. 286, 373 ; Arm- 

 strong, ibid. p. 303 ; Tweeddale, Ibis, 1877, p. 287 ; Hume, Cat. 

 no. 81 bis ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 145 ; Davison, S. F. x, p. 346 ; 

 Oates, B. B. ii, p. 159 ; id. in Humes N. $ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. Ill ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1884, p. 169 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) 

 iv, p. 572 ; v, p. 558. 



Athene scutulata, Horsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 68 ; Layard, A. M. N. H. 

 (2) xii, p. 106. 



Ninox hirsuta, Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 418 ; Hume, S. F. ii, p. 151 ; 

 Ball, ibid. p. 383 ; Hume % Oates, S. F. iii, p. 40 ; Fairbank, S. F. 

 iv, p. 254. 



Is'inox lugubris, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. ii, p. 154; Anderson, Yunnan 

 Exped., Aves, p. 577 ; Davidson $ Wend. S. F. vii, p. 76; Sail, 

 ibid. p. 201 ; Cripps, ibid. pp. 253, 256 ; Hume, Cat. no. 81 ; FWo/, 

 & F. ix, p. 42 ; Butler, ibid. p. 377 ; Reid, S. F. x, p. 17 ; Barney 

 Birds Bom. p. 77. 



