300 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
the fork of a large acacia tree, growing close to the shore at 
Eastern Grove, several miles distant from the nearest village. 
The female was sitting on her nest, but I shot the male as he 
was flying around. ‘The following measurements were recorded 
in the flesh :— 
Length, 25:2; expanse, 52:5; tail from vent, 12°5; wing, 
17:5; tarsus, 2°55; bill from gape, 1°8. 
[The only specimen preserved by Dr. Armstrong should, in 
my opinion, rather be classed as M. govinda, Sykes. It is a 
male, with a wing, 17°5.—A. O. H.] 
60.—Strix indica, Blyth. 
T have only met with the Indian Screech Owl at Elephant 
Point, where it was by no means abundant. I killed two 
specimens there amongst some tall densely foliaged trees 
whither for several evenings I had observed them to resort. 
The male bird was somewhat larger than the female, and 
measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 14°8 ; expanse, 39°75; tail from vent, 5:2; wing, 
11:5; tarsus, 2°75 ; bill from gape, 1°7. 
Female.—Lenegth, 14°5 ; expanse, 38°25 ; tail from vent, 4°7 ; 
tarsus, 2°75; bill from gape, 1°75; wing, 11. 
In both sexes the irides were deep brown; bill, yellowish 
white ; cere, pinkish white; legs and feet, dusky yellowish brown ; 
claws, horny brown. 
72.—Ketupa ceylonenis, Gmel. 
This handsome Owl was tolerably abundant in the thin forest 
jungle surrounding the different jheels lying between Ele- 
phant Point and China-Ba-keer. The following are the dimen- 
sions recorded in the flesh of female birds shot at Elephant 
Point:— 
Length, 21°5 to 22°15 ; expanse, 46°75 to 49°5 ; tail from vent, 
7°5 to 7°75; wing, 149 to 15°7; tarsus, 3°15 to 3:2; bill from 
gape, 2°25 to 2:3. 
The irides were bright golden yellow; the bills horny or 
slaty grey ; the legs and feet were dirty yellow ; and the claws 
dusky brown. 
72 bis.—Ketupa javanensis, Less. 
The Malay Fish Owl was abundant in the jungle bordering 
the numerous creeks which flow into the Rangoon river near 
its mouth. Just after sun-set these birds begin to issue from 
the surrounding jungle, and with a powerful, though some- 
what heavy flight, hunt for their prey up and down along the 
course of the creek, resting now and then in some adjacent 
