Genus BUBO. 

 Head and disk much as in the last; bill slightly longer; nostrils more oval; ear-conch 

 rather small. Wings moderately short ; 4th and 5th quills subequal and longest, and falling 

 short of the tail by more than the length of the middle toe. Tail moderate, even. Tarsus rather 

 short, very stout, and feathered down to the foot. Feet very large ; inner toe subequal with the 

 middle one, the outer very short ; inner claw very large and long. 



BUBO NIPALENSIS. 



(THE FOREST EAGLE-OWL.) 



Bubo nipalensis, Hodgs. As. Ees. xix. p. 172; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 37 (1875). 



Huhua nipalensis, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi. p. 362 ; Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 131 ; Blyth, Ibis, 



18G6, p. 254 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 346 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1872, p. 89 ; Hume, Rough Notes, 



p. 378 (1873); id. Str. Feath. 1873, p. 431, and 1874, p. 468. 

 Etoglaux nipalensis, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. p. 28. 

 Bubo orientalis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 34 (1849); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 



E. I. Co. no. 80 (in part), p. 72 (1854). 

 Ptiloskelos amhersti, Tickell, J. A. S. B. xxviii. (1859) p. 448; id. MS. 111. Ind. Orn. vol. ii. 

 Huhua pectoralis, Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 416. 

 Huhu, Huhu chil, Nepalese (apud Hodgson). 

 Loko Bakamuna, Sinhalese ; Peria-anda, Tamils in Ceylon. 



Adult female. Length to front of cere 23-0 to 24-0 inches ; culmen from cere 1-7 to 1-9 ; tail 8-3 to 9-5 ; tarsus 2-75 : 

 mid toe 2-0, claw (straight) 1-75; height of bill at cere 0-8. Expanse of one with a wing of 17 - 2, 56 inches. 



Male. 



Wing 15-3 to 17"0 inches. 



The following are individual measurements of a series of seven examples :- 



$-. Kalebokka 



5 . Haputale 



$ ?. Kandy district . . . . 

 Juv. cf . Kandy district 



cf . Maskeliya 



cf '?. Kandy district . . . . 

 cf . Kandy district . . . . 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 





Museum or Collection. 



in. 



in. 



in. 



Weight. 





18-0 



8-3 



2-75 





T. Butler, Esq., Clapton. 



17-2 



9-5 



2-75 



3-75 lb. 



Norwich. 



17-2 



9-2 



2-50 





Norwich. 



17-0 



8-5 



2-50 





Colombo. 



16-0 



7-4 



2-50 





E. Cobbold, Esq., Ardleigh 



16-2 



8-1 



2-50 





British Museum. 



15-3 









E. Holds worth, Esq. 



Iris " yellowish brown " (Bligh, in epist.) ; bill olivaceous brown ; cere olive ; feet brownish, claws dark brownish horn. 



Forehead, crown, and all above glossy sepia-brown, barred on the head and hind neck with narrow cross rays of 

 fulvescent white, and on the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts with broader bars of buffy, including a terminal 

 band of the same, which, on the longer scapulars and greater wing-coverts, is mottled with brown ; inner webs of 

 ear-tufts (which vary from 2-5 to 3 - inches in length) barred with buff-white ; outer webs of the lateral scapulars 

 buff, the inner barred with mottled bands of a paler hue ; outer webs of the anterior wing-coverts conspicuously 

 banded with buff ; primary-coverts crossed with pale mottled bars, duskier on the inner webs ; primaries and 



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