INHABITING THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 145 



obtained in the Philippines by Cuming. The accompanying figure is from the type 

 specimen in the British Museum, obtained by that traveller. 



Lempuius, Bonaparte. 



26. * Lempuius 1 megalotis. (PI. XXV. fig. 3.) 



Ephialtes megalotis, G. R. Gray, Hand-list, i. p. 46, no. 474-, "Manilla" (1869) [descr. nulla). 



Hah. Manilla (?). 



A well-marked species, conspicuous by its long ear-tufts, which measure fully an inch 

 and a quarter. The type is preserved in the British Museum, and, although noted by 

 Mr. Gray {I. c.) as being a young bird, appears to me to be fully adult. 



Light rufous. Feathers of the head and back with very minute black transverse 

 markings, bolder on the long ear-tufts. Under surface tawny rufous, the minute 

 transverse markings being pale brown. Quills alternately barred throughout their 

 length with pale brown and pale fulvous bands. The brown bands more or less dotted 

 with pale fulvous ; the fulvous bands here and there with a narrow pale-brown irregular 

 line running through. Eectrices marked and coloured like the quills ; but the bands 

 are narrower. Tarsus feathered to the feet, which are naked. Wing 6 ; tail 2-25 ; 

 tarsus 1'25. 



The figure is taken from the type specimen. 



Striding. 

 ScBLOSTKix, Kaup. 



27. SCELOSTRIX CANDIDA. 



Strix Candida, TickeU, J. A. S. B. 1833, p. 573, "Bengal and the upper Provinces/' Jerdon, 



Illustr. Ind. Om. pi. 30 ; Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. xxiv. pi. 2. 

 Strix amauronota, Cab. J. f. O. 1866, p. 9, "Luzon" {descr. nulla) ; op. cit. 1872, p. 316, no. 3 

 {descr. princeps) . 

 A single example of a long-legged Grass-Owl was obtained in the Philippines by Dr. 

 Meyer; but the exact locality was not recorded. In its dimensions it agrees with 

 Indian examples, and cannot be separated by any peculiarities of colouring. The 

 description lately published by Dr. Cabanis (I. c.) of his Stiix amauronota perfectly 

 agrees with the example obtained by Dr. Meyer. S. pithecops, Swinhoe (Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 396, " Formosa "), according to Mr. G. H. Gurney {in epist.), also belongs to the 

 same species. And Mr. Swinhoe (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 344, no. 56) has identified S.pithe- 

 cops with S. Candida, while Mr. Gould has recently (Z.c.) united Australian S. walleri, 

 Diggles, with the Indian species. In the Liverpool Museum Mr. Blyth identified two 

 Philippine examples of Scelostrix with *S'. Candida (Ibis, 1865, p. 30). Later {op. cit. 

 1866, p. 251) that gentleman expressed less confidence in the correctness of his original 



