406 On a new Owl from Java. 



sinense (Lath.), from the " Greater Sunda Islands, Malay 

 Peninsula, and Indo-Chinese Provinces." Specimens from 

 Java are very rare in collections. 



7. Syrnium bartelsj, Finsch. 

 Java. 



8. Glaucidium castanopterum (Horsf.). 



Glaucidium castanopterum (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, 1. c. p. 299 ; 

 id. Cat. B. ii. p. 216. 



This is another very rare species, of which Mr. Bartels has 

 as yet procured only one specimen. It is not peculiar to 

 Java, being also found on Bali [Doherty ; Hart. Nov. Zool. 

 189G, p. 552). 



9. Photodilus badius (Horsf.). 



Pholodilus badius (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, 1. c. p. 300. 



Phodilus badius Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 309. 



Since Horsfield's time Mr. Bartels seems to be the only 

 collector who has obtained this beautiful Owl in Java (a 

 single specimen at Preanger, November, 1901). There is 

 no example from that island in the Leyden Museum. It is 

 a widely distributed species — Eastern Himalayas, Burmah, 

 Assam, Pegu, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo ; also 

 on Nias and Bali [Doherty). 



10. Strix javanica Gin.* 



Strix javanica (Gin.) ; Sharpe, 1. c. p. 300. 



Strix flammea, pt., Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 301. 



" Strix flammea, fi. javanica Gml."; Vorderm. 1. c. p. 49 

 (Batavia) ; Bartels, 1. c. p. 131 (Preanger). 



Dr. Sharpe gives the geographical range of this Owl as 

 follows: — Indian Peninsula, Indo-Chinese Provinces, Greater 

 and Lesser Sunda Islands. 



Dr. Hartert, noticing its occurrence on the Kangean 

 Islands, says : " S. flammea javanica is very different from the 

 North European S. flammea flammea. The nearest form to 

 it is apparently the African S. flammea maculata, Brehm 



* Based on " De Nachtuil van Java," described by Friederich von 

 Wurmb in Verb. Bat. Gen. v. Kunsten en Wetenschappen, iv. 1782, 

 p. 253. 



