244 DR. J. J. KAUP'S MONOGRAPH OF THE STRIGID^. 



Dimens. — Head 90, bill from the gape 48, wings 315, tail 167 ram. long. 



06s. — The figure given by Temminck much resembles B. nepalensis, and has very- 

 few resemblances to the male, which I have described. I am not quite sure that these 

 two species are not subspecies of one and the same type. 



12. Bubo nepalensis, Hodgs. 



Diagn. — Size of Bubo maximus (600 mm.). Ear-horns, ear-margin, occiput, and under- 

 parts with black arrow-like spots. Toes mostly thinly covered with feathers. 



Descr. — The largest species, with the longest ear-horns. Front dark brown, with 

 rufous margins and cross-bands. Cheeks ashy-grey. Occiput-feathers white at the 

 base, dark brown at the end, in the middle rufous-banded. Under parts rufous, with 

 from two to four black cross-bands on each feather, which are arrow-like at the ex- 

 tremity. Wings very much variegated, rufous-spotted, with irregular cross-bands and 

 rusty yellowish-white, dark-brown-spotted margins. Tail on the under side whitish, 

 with six black bands ; on the upper side brown, with five pointed rusty-yellow bands 

 and broad white ends. 



Dimens. — Head 125, bill from the gape 55, wing 470, tail 250, tarsi 72 mm. long. 



Hab. Nepal. 



13. Bubo lacteus, Cuv. 



Strix lac tea, Temm. PI. Col. 4. 



Diagn. — The veil bounded by a black vertical stripe. Whole plumage rufous and 

 ash-grey, with fine lacerated drawing. 



Descr. — Size of Bubo coromandus. Ear-horns shorter, black-banded and pointed. 

 Cheeks white, with blackish zigzag bands ; near the furcula often darker. Along the 

 shoulder- coverts and on the small feathers of the wing are white, dark-pointed spots : 

 on the tarsi and under tail-coverts white spots. I have seen specimens with naked and 

 with feathered toes. 



Hab. Africa. 



Subgenus e. Pseudoptynx. 

 Diagn. — Ketupa with feathered tarsi, and feather-horns not distinct. 



14. Bubo philippinensis, Kp. 



Syrnium philippinense, G. E. Gray, Brit. Mus. 



Descr. — Size of Bubo ketupa. Upper parts dark brown, with rusty-yellow or rufous 



margins. The shoulder-coverts have white margins on the outer webs, which form a 



stripe. The wing-feathers have from four to five rufous spots, not reaching to the shaft. 



The arm- and hand-wings have whitish margins. The end of the tail has distinct 



