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Sub-Family KETUPIN^E. 

 Genus KETUPA, Less. 



Ketupa ceylonensis (Gm.). 



Ketupa ceylonensis, Tristram, Ibis, 1865, p. 261 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ii. p. 4 (1875) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 127 (1878) ; Gates 

 ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 96 (1890); Sharpe. 

 Hand-l i. p. 281 (1899). 



Ketupa zeylonensis, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 281 (1895). 



The eggs of the Brown Fish-Owl are spheroidal in form and 

 possess a fair amount of gloss. They measure from 2'1 to 2*38 in 

 length, and from 1-8 to 1-9 in breadth. The Palestine example is 

 small and measures only 1-9 by 1*57. 



1. River Jordan, Palestine (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram}. 

 1. Etawah, N.W.P., India, 26th Feb. Hume Coll. 



(W. E. Brooks}. 



1. Raipur, C. Prov., 10th Feb. Hume Coll. 



(F. R. Blewitt}. 



2. Pimpalnir, Khandesh. Hume Coll. 



1. Sambalpur, Bengal. Old Collection. 



1. Faridpur, Bengal, 24th Jan. (J. R. Hume Coll. 



Cripps}. 



1. Pegu, 27th Jan. (E. W. Oates). Seebohm Coll. 



Ketupa ketupa (Horsf.}. 



Ketupa javanensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 8 (1875) ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 98 (1890); Blanf. fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 283 (1895); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 10 

 (1899). 



Ketupa ketupa, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 281 (1899). 



The egg of the Malay Fish-Owl in the Collection resembles those of 

 K. ceylonensis, but is quite devoid of gloss. It measures 2-2 by 1-85. 



1. Tenasserim, 27th Feb. (Col C. T. Hume Coll. 

 Binghairi). 



Sub-Family BUBONIN^. 

 Genus BUBO, Guv. 



Bubo bubo (Linn.}. 



Strix bubo, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xliii. fig. 9, a-d (1845-54). 

 Bubo atheniensis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Tog. tab. 49. fig. 4 (1855-63). 



--fc 1 TT~ / 1~T / T~ . -T* -m J m 



fig. 8 (1896). 



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