14 THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 
deserted buildings, wells, mosques, &ec., in the city and city 
suburbs. I have seen it frequently in the ruins of the Bailey 
Guard, and occasionally on trees in the neighbourhood. I may 
be wrong, but 1 hardly think this Owl is guilty of screeching, 
at any rate, to any extent. It of course breeds here, though I 
have never found its nest. 
61.—Strix candida, Zick. 
On one occasion I flushed a solitary Owl, which I took to be 
the Grass Owl, in grass and scrub jungle near Rahimabad, and, 
though I followed it from place to place, the Crows kept 
bothering it, so that it never rested in one spot long enough to 
allow me to geta shot. Captain Irby mentions it under the 
name of Glau javanica, and I have little doubt that it occurs, 
though sparingly, in suitable localities, for instance, in the 
jungles about the Chowka and Gogra, where Mr. Anderson 
seems to have met with it—See Srray Featuers, Vol. IIL, 
page 388. 
65.—Syrnium ocellatum, Less. Native name— 
Khuska (?) 
The Mottled Wood-Owl is not at all common, but inhabits the 
better wooded parts of the Division, especially where groves of 
ancient mangoe trees exist. A specimen was, however, pro- 
cured for me from a tree in the noisy vicinity of the Railway 
Workshops at Charbagh. It is a permanent resident. 
68.—Asio accipitrinus, Pall. 
During the cold weather the Short-eared Owl is very common 
in the grass and tamarisk jungle on the banks of the Chowka’ 
and Gogra at Byramghat. I have also flushed it in patches of 
sarpatta or thatching grass about Lucknow, and in other parts 
of the Division, principally in dhak jungle and in broken grassy 
ravines and nullahs. It appears to be gregarious in its 
habits—many being always found together in suitable localities, 
and even in places less inviting it is rarely seen alone. It 
flies well during the day, and if pursued by Crows, &c., as it 
often is, will go for miles without alighting. It migrates, I 
believe, at the commencement of the hot weather. 
69.—Bubo bengalensis, Frankl. Native name— 
Ghughu.* 
13th October, Male.—Length, 22°25; expanse, 54°; wing, 
15°25; tail, 9; tarsus, 2°50 ; bill, from gape, 1°90; weight, 23 tbs. 
* A name elsewhere, and more appropriately (for it exactly represents this bird’s 
double coo) applied to Zurtur risorius.—Ed. 
