new Owl from Java. 405 



Friederich von Wurmb (" De kleine Hoornuil," Verhand. 

 van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Weten- 

 schappen, iii. 1781, p. 376). 



4. Scops rufescens (Horsf.). 



Scops rufescens (Hovsf.) ; Sharpe, 1. c. p. 287; id. Cat. B. 

 ii. p. 102 ; Vorderm. 1. c. p. 49 (Sumatra). 



According to Sharpe, the Malay Peninsula and the Greater 

 Sunda Islands are the localities inhabited by this species. As 

 regards Java it may be hoped that Horsfield's type is still 

 preserved in the British Museum ; for his description is 

 quite insufficient, and since his time only Schlegel has 

 noticed a single specimen from " Java " (Revue, Noctuse, 

 p. 11. no. 4, 1873), without naming the collector. Specimens 

 of undoubted origin are, therefore, required to settle this 

 question. 



5. Ninox scutulata (Raffl.). 



Ninox scutulata (Raffl.) ; Sharpe, 1. c. p. 290; id. Cat. B. 

 ii. p. 156. 



Ninox borneensis Gurney, Ibis, 1879, p. 470 (Java). 



This widely distributed species, with its various forms, was 

 first noticed from Java by Gurney, but his specimen was 

 obtained from a dealer, without the exact locality. This 

 example is referable to the subspecies N. borneensis, and agrees 

 with a specimen from Labuan (cf. N. lubuanensis Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. ii. p. 165). 



A careful comparison of Javan specimens, therefore, seems 

 very desirable, but a whole series is necessary. Mr. Bartels 

 informs me that he has as yet obtained only one example of 

 N. scutulata at Preanger, as this Owl seems to visit Java 

 merely as a migrant. 



6. Syrnium seloputo (Horsf.). 



Syrnium seloputo (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, 1. c. p. 294. 



Syrnium sinensis (Lath.) j Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 261 ; 

 Vorderm. 1. c. p. 49 (Batavia). 



Dr. Hartert kindly informs me that Horsfield's type- 

 specimen of this Owl is still in the British Museum, and 

 seems to be identical with the bird generally called " Syrnium 



