26 MR. ANDERSON ON THE RAPTORIAL BIRDS OF INDIA. [Jan. 5, 
of them having remained behind to watch the bird) that they had 
just flushed a red Owl from the long grass in the park, and that 
the bird had flown into a tamarind-tree. Before shooting the bird, 
which I had come prepared to do, I consented, asa preliminary 
measure, to set their “chow guddee’’ trap, well covered with lime, 
and baited with a live mouse. Before five minutes had elapsed, the 
Owl was in my hands; and the little urchins were just as well pleased 
with their ¢ip of four anas (=6d-) as I was with my prize. 
As regards size and coloration of soft parts there is in reality no 
difference whatever between the two species—a fact certainly in 
favour of their identity, as the following table of measurements 
(and description) clearly shows :— 
Sex. Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Weight. 
in 
in nm . in. OZ, 
ESs8untaeeeise ss oe 2 7-0 5°2 Des 1-0 2 
Th PoDeraorns 2 75 5°6 2°6 11 
E. pennatus...... 2 7°0 56 2°4 mt 
55 Rees 3 70 55 2°4 10 2 
* es ee Ae iki oo 2°4 1:0 
Remarks.—Wings equal with tail; tarsi slightly plumed, and 
elbows distinctly visible. 
In all these specimens the irides are of a golden yellow; bill in 
same light horny brown, in others a shade darker, the under man- 
dible being dirty white tinged with yellow; feet pale leaden grey, 
almost colourless ; claws fleshy white, the tips being light brown. 
*74 ter. EPHIALTES GRISEUS, Jerdon. 
I have recently procured a very good series of this Seops, which 
appears to be as common as the two preceding ones are rare. A 
pair of young ones were brought to me from a hole in a yack tree, 
not far from my house, along with one of their parents: in the im- 
mature birds the general tone of the colour is light fulvous, minutely 
barred with brown, above as well as below, and there is no indication 
of the yellow collar, nor of the yellow scapulars which are so cha- 
racteristic of the adult bird. The following table of measurements 
may prove useful :— 
Sex. Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Weight. 
in. in in. in. 
ORME Ane 8-0 6-0 3°2 14 43 oz. 
DO  .3hdajs epee QerEs 5°8 2°6 14 to 42 
Ss eran eta 8°5 5°6 2°7 15 oz. all 
O eyeredteus 8°7 59 3'3 1°5 round 
Remarks.—The sexes in the EHphialtes group do not appear to 
differ in size. 
Irides reddish brown; feet pale greenish yellow; pads slightly 
more yellow ; claws light greenish white at the base, horny brown 
at the tips; upper mandible pale greenish brown at the base, 
brown at the tip; lower mandible horny white. Tarsi well plumed; 
elbows not visible. 
