488 SCOPS 



Hctb. Cyprus. 



An insular form, resident on the island of Cyprus. In habits 

 and nidification it does not appear to differ from S. giu. 



693. SUBSP. SCOPS JAPONICUS. 



Scops japo)iicus, Temm. and Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 27, pi. & 

 (1850) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. ii. p. 56 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 150 ; S. lakkamcena, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 47 (nee. Penn) ; S. 

 stictonotus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. ii. p. 54, pi. iii. fig. 2 (1875). 



ad. (Japan). Differs from S. giu in being darker and more uniform 

 in colour, both on the upper and under parts, in having the dark markings 

 less clearly denned, and the lower part of the tarsus unfeathered and bare. 

 Wing 5*7, tail 2'8, tarsus 1-2 inch. 



Hob. South-eastern Siberia (the Ussuri country and Amoor 

 Bay), China, Manchuria, and Japan. 



In habits this bird does not appear to differ from Scops gin,. 

 of which it is merely an eastern form. After a careful exami- 

 nation of specimens, I am unable to separate Scops japonicus- 

 from S. stictonotus, except that the latter approaches somewhat 

 nearer to S. gin in having the dark markings somewhat better 

 defined, especially on the under parts. 



694. SUBSP. SCOPS BRUCII. 



Scops brucii (Hume), Str. Feath. i. p. 8 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br, 

 Mus. ii. p. 62 ; Dresser, ix. p. 265, pi. 691 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind 

 Birds, iii. p. 294 ; S. obsoletus (Severtz), J. f. 0. 1875, p. 171 ; S. 

 stmuchi, Bogd. Khiva i Kizyl-Koum. p. TO (1882). 



Kutruz, M.ahr. 



ad. (Transcaspia). Much paler than S. giu, the general colour being 

 pale ochraceous grey ; upper parts finely striped with blackish, and indis- 

 tinctly vermiculated, the under parts more boldly streaked with black ; 

 quills dark brown, banded with ochraceous on the outer, and pale greyish 

 brown on the inner web, the terminal portion finely vermiculated ; tail 

 ochraceous grey, finely vermiculated, and with five indistinct fulvous bands; 

 lores and in front of and above the eye whitish ; facial ruff pale ochraceous, 

 indistinctly vermiculated with grey, and tipped with bla-ck ; chin whitish ; 

 tarsus feathered to the base of the toes ; bill dusky, toes dull slate- 

 coloured, claws black ; iris yellow. Culmen 0'95, wing 6*4, tail 3*2,, 

 tarsus 1*4 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hah Transcaspia, Bokhara, Afghanistan, Wakhan ; Sind, 

 Gilgit, and the Bombay Presidency and Western Khandesh ; 

 has also been said to have occurred in Syria. 



