SCOP8BUBO 



In habits it resembles S. giu of which it seems to be a desert 

 form, and like that species breeds in hollow trees, frequently 

 making use of the deserted nest -holes of the larger Wood- 

 peckers. Its eggs are pure white and resemble those of Scops 

 giu, but are larger, measuring about T24 by T09. 



695. ROUGH-FOOTED SCOPS-OWL. 

 SCOPS SEMITORQUES. 



Scops semitorques (Temm. and Schlegel), Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 25, pi. 8 

 (1850) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. ii. p. 83 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, iii. p. 300 ; Tacz. F. 0.' Sib. 0. p. 153 ; S. plumipes (Hume), 

 Kough Notes, p. 397 (1870) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 85. 



0-ko-no-lia-dzulm, Jap. 



$ ad. (Japan). Differs from S. giu in being somewhat larger, darker 

 and more boldly marked, in having a well defined buff or buffy white 

 collar round the hind-neck, and the legs are more densely covered with 

 soft feathers, which extend over the major portion of the toes. Gape 0'9, 

 wing 8'8, tail 5*6, tarsus 1'5 inch. 



Hob. The Himalayas from Sikhim to Murree, Moupin in 

 China ; the Ussuri country and island of Ascold ; Corea ; 

 Japan. 



In habits it does not appear to differ from S. giu. It is said 

 to frequent the wooded portions of the mountains. It nests in 

 the hole of a tree and in May deposits pure white, slightly 

 glossy eggs, which measure from 1-2.6 by l'\ to T28 by T5. 



Specimens from the Himalayas are rather smaller than those 

 from Japan. 



BUBO, Dumeril, 1806. 



696. EAGLE-OWL. 

 BUBO IGNAVUS. 



Bubo ignavus, Forst. Syn. Cat. B. B. p. 3 (1817); Newton, i. p. 168; 

 Dresser, v. p. 339, pi. 315 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. ii. p. 14 ; 

 Tacz. F. 0. Sib 0. p. 143 ; Blanford, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iii. p. 284 ; 

 Saimders, p. 309 ; Lilford, i. p. 97, pi. 46 ; Strix bubo, Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. i. p. 131 (1766) ; Naum. i. p. 440, Taf. 44 ; B. maximus, 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. .57 (1828) ; Gould, B. of E. i. pi. 37 ; id. B. of 

 Gt. B. pi. 30. 



Grand-due, French; Bufo, Portug. ; JBuho grande, Span. ; 

 Gufo reale, Ital. ; Uhit,, German ; Bjergugle, Dan. and Norweg. ; 



