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records it as obtained on the border of the grass-country near the KopiU river 

 (J. A. S.B. 1870, p. 93). Dr. Jerdon obtained it at Suddya, in Upper Assam 

 (Ibis, 1871, p. 343) ; and in a recent collection sent to me from Nazeerah, 

 in the same country, were two examples of the bird. Blyth states that it 

 occurs near Tonghoo, in Burmah ; and Major Lloyd has also obtained it in 

 this vicinity, according to Lord Walden (B. Burm. p. 68). A nestling of this 

 species from Tenasserim has been presented to the British Museum, which 

 may be the specimen alluded to by Mr. Blyth (Ibis, 1870, p. 160). 



It has not been noticed from Siam or Southern China ; but it probably 

 occurs, as Mr. Swinhoe has met wdth it in S.W. Formosa (P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 344), and it goes to the Philippine Islands (cf, Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 145). 

 Two specimens, of Mr. Cuming's collecting, are in the Derby Museum (cf. 

 Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 30). Dr. Meyer also obtained an example ; and that it 

 breeds in the Philippines is evident from a nestling bird which is in the British 

 Museum. 



It may also occur in some of the Moluccan islands, as it is found in 

 Australia. A specimen from Queensland was named Strix walleri by 

 Mr. Diggles, but was afterwards identified with S, Candida. Mr. Godman 

 possesses a Queensland specimen. More recently (Ibis, 1876, p. 512), 

 Mr. E. P. Ramsay discovered an example in the Sydney Museum that had 

 been killed near that town. 



Strix capensis. 



Hah, Southern Africa. It does not occur in the neighbourhood of Cape- 

 town ; but Mr. Atmore has found it breeding near Blanco, where it is not 

 rare and inhabits the palmiet vleys. Mr. Henry Bowker obtained it at 

 Masura, in Moshesh's country ; and Mr. Ayres records it from Natal. 

 Here Captain Shelley also shot a specimen, near the Umgeni river. 

 Mr. Ayres has also procured the species in the Transvaal, where he states 

 that he found them inhabiting the long rushes in the swamps near 

 Potchefstroom, but not plentifully. Mr. T. E. Buckley shot a specimen in 



