1868.] MR. R. C. BEAVAN ON INDIAN RAPTORES. 401 



1862, where it was brought nie by my sapper orderly, "Bardy," a 

 Nepalese sepoy, who wiiile out after pheasants one day, said that 

 this bird attacked him, and that he was obliged, in self-defence, to 

 shoot it. This specimen is now mounted in the Museum of the 

 Asiatic Society at Calcutta. 



72. Ketupa ceylonensis, Gmel. The Brown Fish-Owl. 



In October 1864, I shot a pair at Maldah, in Lower Bengal. 

 They were found frequenting a large mango tree, on the border of 

 an old unfrequented tank, in heavy jungle. At Umballah, on No- 

 vember 16th, 1866, I got a fine specimen in the late Dr. Scott's 

 compound or garden. It was seated in a tamarisk-tree and being 

 bullied by Crows when killed. Length 21 inches; wing 14|; tail 9; 

 tarsus 3 ; spread of foot 4| ; bill at front 1|, at gape 2 in. ; extent 

 52 inches (4 ft. 4 in.). Irides orange, soles of feet yellowish white, 

 claws and beak black ; weight nearly 2^ lbs. The colour of the 

 claws, if this specimen is correctly named, would, without doubt, 

 justify Hodgson's name of nigripes. Dr. Scott told me that some 

 seven or eight of this species had frequented his garden at Um- 

 ballah the previous year (1865). 



73. Ketupa flavipes, Hodg. The Tawny Fish-Owl 



has been observed at Simla, according to Colonel Tytler ; but I did 

 not see it there myself. 



74. Ephialtes pennatus, Hodg. The Indian Scops Owl. 

 " Khanooria pecha " of the natives in Maunbhoom. 



A bird referable, I think, to this species was brought to me alive 

 by a native at Baramussea, in Maunbhoom, on 27th February, 1865 ; 

 and I subsequently procured several more in the next month, when 

 the bird was breeding in this district. It was either this species or 

 the next. 



75. E. lempiji, Horsf. 



I find from my notes that I shot an Owl of this genus in a mangoe 

 tope at Ambekanuggur, but cannot, from a mere description, tell 

 which of these nearly allied species my specimens, procured in the 

 Maunbhoom district, really belonged to. 



76. Athene brama, Temm. The Spotted Owlet. Gdeh douria 

 pecha of Maunbhoom ; " Cherubim " of Europeans in India. 



This is a very abundant species almost everywhere in India, at 

 Barrackpore, Maunbhoom district, Umballah, &c., and, from its 

 familiar and confiding habits (nearly always taking up its abode close 

 to men and their houses) is frequently seen. It was very common 

 at Ambekanuggur in Maunbhoom ; and I never could, for certainty, 

 ascertain whether it was this bird or Caprimulgus monticolus, Frank., 

 which I have repeatedly observed hovering over the rice-kates like a 

 Kestrel, of an evening. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1868, No. XXVI. 



