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birds, the mottlings very fine and the spots small ; below pure white, with a 

 few spots but no trace of bars ; remains of three bars on quills, on tail four. 

 Total length 13-5 inches, wing 12-4, tail 5'0, tarsus 2*9, middle toe 1-45. 



It is not yet recorded from any part of China or Formosa by Mr. Swinhoe. 



Andaman Islands. Mr. Hume has just characterized a very small Bam- 

 Owl from these islands as Strix de-rcepstorffi, with a wang measuring only 9'8 

 inches. Not having seen a specimen, it is impossible to say if it be a good 

 species ; but it will probably turn out to be the extreme example of a resident 

 insular race of small size, approaching C. insiilaris of the Cape-Verde Islands 

 (c/. Hume, S. F. 1876, p. 390). 



Java. Dr. Horsfield says the Barn-Owl is distributed over the island of 

 Java. Dr. Bernstein found it at Gadok (cf. Schlegel, Revue Accipitr. p. 15), 

 and the Yicomte de Bocarme records it as very common in the island (cf. 

 Schlegel, Striges, p. 4). 



71. The individual collected by Dr. Horsfield (cf. Horsf. & Moore, Cat. 

 i. p. 82) is now in the British Museum. It is much darker than Indian 

 birds, the spots on the upper surface large and coarse ; face white, with the 

 usual rufous patch ; under surface of body pale orange-bufl", with very distinct 

 spots on the flanks, less pronounced on the chest, with remains of dusky bars on 

 the fore neck, chest, and sides of the neck ; bars on wing and isi\four. Total 

 length 12 inches, wing 11-6, tail 5-3, tarsus 2-9, middle toe 1-4. 



a. Lomhock. Mr. Wallace obtained a single specimen, which is remarkably 

 dark grey above; the under surface orange -bufi", with numerous small spots and 

 vermiculated bars, the latter more plentiful than on any Old- World specimens 

 yet examined by me ; face greyish, shaded with vinous, especially before the eye, 

 the plumes in front of Avhich are black ; bands on quills and tail four. Total 

 length 14 inches, wing 11-6, tail 52, tarsus 2-55 (cf Wall. P.Z.S. 1863, p. 484). 



Flores. The Leiden Museum received a specimen from Larantouka, in 

 this island, from Heer Semmelinkin 1863 (cf. Schlegel, Revue Accipitr. p. 16). 



