1872.] W. T. Blanford — On Birds from SiMcim. 155 



of cere 1"43, mid claw straight to point P2, inner claw 1'6, hind claw 

 1-3 inch. 



This hird differs from Jerdon's original description of H. pectoralis, 

 Madras Journal, Lit. and Sc, Vol. x, p. 89 in the following characters : 



The aigrettes are not barred, the feathers of the throat are not barred 

 but spotted ; there is no distinct pectoral band, a slight fulvous tinge on the 

 sides of the breast is all that appears. The bill is yellow, not greenish horny, 

 the toes bright yellow, not reddish yellow. The tarsus appears to be decid- 

 edly longer. I should say, judging from the description and Jerdon's figure, 

 that the two forms are distinct species, (conf. Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 254). 



The Butia name of this owl is Migdori. 



80. Glatjcidtum beodiei, (Burton). 



The differences in plumage in this bird are remarkable. I have three 

 specimens lying before me, one being from Mr. Mandelli's collection. In the 

 first, probably a young bird the whole plumage has a rufous tint. The 

 head feathers with broad bars of reddish buff, the tail with 8 bars, each ^ 

 in. broad, extending right across the feather. In the second, the whole 

 prevailing colour is very dark brown, the head with small buff spots, the tail 

 (newly moulted and not fully grown) with narrow bars not extending across 

 the central part of the feather. The third specimen is more rufous than the 

 second, but less than the first, the tail feathers are crossed by 7 bars, interrupt- 

 ed near the shafts, whilst the head is greyish brown, unspotted behind and 

 with only a few faint spots on the forehead. This evidently leads to the 

 form described by Mr. Hume in the Ibis, 1871, p. 26, and referred to under 

 the name of G. immaculatus in his Rough Notes, Part I, p. 420. 



156. PlCTJS CATHTHAEITJS, Hodg. 



In two males, sent by Mr. Mandelli, the bars on the outer rectrices are 

 fulvous, not white. The wings measure 375 and 3'9 in. 



157. P. Macei, Vieil. 



Specimens from Sikkim differ from those shot near Calcutta in having a 

 somewhat dingy grey tinge with faint subobsolete streaks below, instead of 

 buff. I doubt if the distinction be worthy of specific rank, but so far as I 

 can judge it seems to be constant.* I have two specimens, including one sent 



* Since writing the above I have received from Mr. Mandelli a very peculiar 

 specimen of a woodpceker, which I can only suppose to be an old bird of P. Macei in a 

 state of semi-albinism. The back is brown, instead of black, and the middle rectrices 

 have one distinct white spot on each web, and a second a little fainter about a quarter 

 inch further back. Otherwise it agrees with P. Macei. The dimensions exceed those 

 given by Jerdon, the wing being 4J inch long, but I find Bengal specimens equally 

 large. 



