STRIX BADIA. 



Ord. I? Les Oiseatjx de Proie, Cuvier. 2,^f Famille. Les Nocturnes. 



Ord. I^ Rapaces, Temminch. 



Ord. I. AcciPiTRES, Linn. Syst. 



Ord. III. Raptatores, Illiger. Fam. 17, Nocturni. 



STRIX, Linn. Briss. Lath. Cuv. Temm. Illig. 



Char. Gen. — Rostrum mediocre, crassiusculum, aduncum, compressum, basi setis 



recumbentibus absconditum, maxilla ceromate obliterate. 

 Nares laterales, ad marginem anticum ceromatis sitae, rotundatse, patulee. Lingua fissa. 

 Caput grande, plumis densis tectum, oculis antrorsum spectantibus, orbitis plumis 



radiatis. 

 Pedes mediocres, validi, lanati, tetradactyli fissi, digito externo versatili, halluce 



breviore. Ungues validi, incurvi, acuti. Pelma torosum granulatum. Illiger. 





Strix badia nigro punctata, subtus pallidior, gula jviguloque albidis, torque fusco. 

 Wowo-wiwi, or Kalong-wiwi of the Javanese. 



Strix badia, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. Vol. XIII. 

 p. 139. 



The species of the genus Strix which have been afforded to my researches, con- 

 stitute a large proportion of the Birds of Prey. Nine species of Falcons and eight 

 of Owls from Java have been arranged in the Musevmi at the India House : of these 

 three belong to the first division of the genus comprising the Eared-Owls, and five 

 ^to the second division, the individuals of which have smooth heads. Of the latter 

 the Strix javanica of Gmehn, which my specimens shew to be merely a variety of 

 the Strix flammea of Linnaeus, is the most generally distributed. It is, as far as I 

 have observed, the only species of this division which is occasionally found near 

 villages and dwellings. It is not, however, a favourite with the natives ; various 

 superstitious notions are also in Java associated with its visits, and it is considered in 

 many parts of the island as portending evil. The other species of this division are 

 by no means common, and the Strix badia is one of those that are most rarely met 



