ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH. 291 
Tapti ; elsewhere it is scarce. It is a permanent resident, and 
breeds early, eggs being taken by me in November, and young 
birds nearly able to fly early in December. 
70.—Bubo coromandus,* Latham. The Dusky 
Horned-Owl. 
Probably a permanent resident, but scarce. I only came 
across it twice, in both cases in December, breeding. The first 
nest I obtained contained a single egg nearly ready to hatch 
and a small young one, and was in the heart of the Satpuras. 
The second was in an old nest of L. cirrhatus. It had con- 
tained two fresh eggs, but I was only in time to find 
a large rock snake finishing the last mouthful of them. 
72.—Ketupa ceylonensis,* Gm. The Brown Fish- 
Owl. 
A permanent resident ; found along all the streams in which 
the water runs till the end of March, It breeds in January, 
laying, as a rule, only one or two eggs. In one case, however, 
after waiting a week I shot a hen off a single ege. On skin- 
ning her I found a shelled egg ready to be laid, and a third 
full-sized egg which only wanted a shell, so that three eaes are 
occasionally laid. The Bheels have the greatest objection to 
this bird, and invariably try to kill it when they get a chance, 
and more than one pair, whose eggs I expected to obtain, 1 
found had been killed or driven away by them. 
T4sept —Scops brucii,* Hume. Bruce's Scops 
Owl. 
A Scops Owl is common in the Akrani and in the deep 
valleys running into the Satpuras. It is, however, a very 
silent shy bird, remaining all day in holes in trees, aud very 
likely to be passed over. Several of its eggs were brought to 
me early in March, and loads of its young in April. The 
Bheels, however, could not or would not catch the old ones, and 
I never could get a chance of shvoting one except when big 
game of sorts was supposed to be about, and I always put 
off shooting them with the usual result. A very young 
specimen, sent to Mr. Hume, probably belongs, he informs 
me, to this species. 
76.—Carine brama, Zem.* The Spotted Owlet. 
Permanent resident ; common up to the edge of the jungles, 
but never seen by me in the Akrani or in the deep valieys of 
the Satpuras. Lays in March and April. : 
