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fields at night for rats, &c. ; it is very common in 

 Patani, but appears to be a decidedly rare bird in the Straits 

 Settlements and in the Federated Malay States, where we 

 have met with very few specimens. 



One was collected at Chong in December. 



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' 65. Syrnium maingayi. 



Sijrnium maingayi Hume, Stray Feathers, vi. p. 27 

 (1878); Robinson, p. 172. 



Chong, Ti-ang, 10th December, 1909. 



Agreeing well with specimens from the more sontlicrly 

 portions of the Peninsula. 



i~ 66. HUHUA ORIENTALIS. 



Bubo orienta/is (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 39. 

 ? . Lamra, Trang, 21st February, 1910. 

 Widely distributed throughout the country, but everywhere 

 rare and rather difficult to obtain. 



■A 67. NiNOX SCUTULATA. 



Ninox scutulata Raffles ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 156. 



Fairly common everywhere, especially in winter, Avhen its 

 numbers appear to be added to by migrants from the north, 

 and it is often found at that season on extremely small 

 islands. 



f"68. ScOPS MALAYANA. 



Scops malayanus Hay ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 58. 



We have a pair of this species from Trang and a few 

 others from various parts of the Malay Peninsula, including 

 the Langkawis, but the bird is everywhere rare. 



The male of the Trang pair is in a foxy-red phase of 

 plumage, while the female is grey. 



"^"69. ScOPS LEMPIJI. 



Scops lempiji (Horsf.); Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 91. 

 ,The commonest of the Scops Owls, which are all very 

 nocturnal and difficult to get, though their melancholy hoots 

 are much heard, especially on moonlight nights. We have 



