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into the grass again. They settle also sometimes upon trees 

 (Mimosa, 8fc.) or even on open ground without any cover, such 

 as ploughed land, but, as a rule, I think they prefer the long 

 grass. 



[Does not I believe ascend Aboo. I have never seen this in, 

 or obtained it from any portion of, the whole region, except 

 near Sambhur ; but Capt. Hayes Lloyd records it from Katti* 

 awar, and Stoliczka got 67. — Otus vulgaris (another bird that 

 I have not heard of elsewhere throughout the whole region) in 

 Cutch.— A. 0. H.] 



69— Urrua bengalensis, Frankl. 



The Rock-horned Owl is not very common. I never saw 

 one on the hills, and have only met with a few examples in the 

 plains. I saw one sitting on the bank of a river near Deesa, 

 and another in a deep nullah about 15 miles north of Ahmeda- 

 bad. 



[Throughout the whole region, but very rare in Sindh, Jodh- 

 poor, and its dependencies, and entirely wanting in the more 

 desert tracts, as at Sambhur, on the extreme eastern margin of 

 the region. — A. O. H.] 



70.— Urrua coromanda, Lath. 



The Dusky-horned Owl is an uncommon species. I have ob- 

 served it in the jungles below Aboo and also in one or two 

 other localities in the plains. 



[Occurs throughout the region (excluding Cutch and Kattiawar 

 whence I have seen no specimen), but is not common in any 

 part of it.— A. 0. H.] 



[Ibter. — Ephialtes bakhamuna,£brs£. E. griseus, J erd. 



A female of this species now in my collection was shot by 

 Dr. King at Aboo. I never saw it there and as Capt. Butler 

 has not seen it, it must be rare. I have no knowledge of its 

 occurrence elsewhere in the whole region. It is an outlier of 

 less arid and better wooded tracts. — A. 0. H.] 



76.— Athene brama, Tem. 



The Spotted Owlet is very common in the plains, but does not 

 ascend the hills. 



[Common throughout the whole region ; tho' most abundant 

 in tolerably well-wooded districts, you will meet with it in 

 almost absolute desert. — A. 0. H.] 



77.— Athene radiata, Ttckell. 



The Jungle Owlet is not uncommon iu the jungles at the foot 

 of Mount Aboo, elsewhere I have not met with it. 



