144 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS 
Authentic Philippine individuals of this Harrier are contained in the Norwich 
Museum (fide Gurney, /.¢.). It also occurs in the Malay peninsula. 
23. CIRCUS ARUGINOSUS. 
Falco eruginosus, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 1380, no. 29 (1766). 
A skin of a young female obtained in one of the Philippine Islands by the late Mr. 
Hugh Cuming, and now in the British Museum, is our only warrant for admitting the 
Marsh-Harrier as an inhabitant of the Archipelago. 
STRIGID. 
SURNINA. 
Nivnox, Hodgson. 
24, * Ninox PHILIPPENSIS. (Pl. XXYV. fig. 1.) 
Ninox philippensis, Bp. Compt. Rend. xii. p. 655 (1855). 
Noctua hirsuta philippensis, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Striges, p. 26, “ Philippines ” (1862). 
Noctua philippensis, Schlegel, Neder. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1866, p. 183. 
Athene philippensis, Schlegel, Wallace, Ibis, 1868, p. 22. 
Hab. Luzon, January (Meyer). 
A very distinct form. Each of the major wing-coverts with a bold white drop towards 
the end of the outer web. Rectrices traversed by six narrow ochreous bands. ‘The 
cheek-feathers rigid, decomposed, and considerably developed, extending posteriorly 
sufficiently to cover the ears. 
Longitudo 
ale. caudee. 
O O°at. 3°62. Luzon. 
3 5:25, 3°62. Luzon. 
BUBONINA. 
PsEuboptryNx, Kaup. 
25. * PSEUDOPTYNX PHILIPPINENSIS. (Pl. XXYV. fig. 2.) 
Pseudoptynx philippinensis, Kaup, Tr. Zool. Soe. iv. p. 244, “ Philippines” (1859) ; Schlegel, Mus. 
Pays-Bas, Oti, p. 14; Mr. G. R. Gray, Hand-list, no. 456. 
Bubo philippensis, Schlegel, De Dierentuin, pt. i. p. 10, fig. —. 
Syrnium philippense, G. R. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., Accipitres, p. 105, ‘ Philippine Islands ” 
(1848). 
Otus philippensis, G. R. Gray, Gray & Mitch. Genera, i. p. 40, no. 11. 
Hab. Philippines (Cuming). 
An example of this rare Owl, contained in the Leyden Museum, is said to have been 
