572 List of Birds, collected in the Jungles [Nov. 
to strike a fanciful listener with unpleasing associations. I met with 
two of this species near Sfsdah in Borabhim, probably a solitary 
pair, and have placed it as a new addition to the Srrix family, as it 
differs essentially from any yet described by Pennant, Laruam, or 
Harpwicke, as found in India. 
6. Srrix Canpipus, Jungle Owl. T. Male. From head to tail 
16 inches, spread of wings 3 feet 4. Eyes black, bill and legs horny, 
tarsi denuded : whole upper parts shaded with dark and light brown, 
as in the short-eared owl, the feathers indiscriminately sprinkled with 
clear white spots ; primaries and tail tawny-brown, broadly barred 
darker, radial feathers of face, breast, belly and vent pure white. 
This species frequents the long grass jungle, and passes its life almost 
entirely on the ground, seldom perching on the lowest trees. When 
flushed, it rises heavily, and drops again into the grass, as suddenly as 
if shot. It is silent and solitary, the youngkeep in company some time 
after attaining their full growth. The jungle owl is found through- 
out Bengal and the upper provinces in tracts of long grass, to which it 
appears wholly confined. Male and female scarcely differ. 
7. Srrix Raprata. Little barred Owl, T. (St. Castanoptera ? 
Horse. Java.) Male. Length 74 inches, breadth 18; 4th quill longest. 
Bill greenish horn. Eyes gold, feet and claws horny, slightly feather- 
ed to the claws. Face, head, and upper parts pale amber-brown, clearest 
on head, greyest on scapulars and back, the whole barred with dull - 
sepia ; greater wing coverts black, the outer webs of the feather white 
mixed with rusty, edges of wing chesnut, barred brown; alula spuria 
and primaries do. barred black ; edges of scapulars have greyish white 
patches. Tail dark coppery brown, barred pale rusty; breast as 
black but paler, the brown changing to griseous white towards the 
belly and thighs ; the whole under parts barred dingy sepia. Very com- 
mon in the thickly-wooded parts of the Jungle Mehals, selecting 
the largest trees for its abode, from whence it keeps up its clamorous 
cries the greater part of the day. It is active, frolicksome,.and diur- 
nal, and feeds on insects. 
8. Srrix Lueusris. Brown Wood Owl, T. Male. In length 12 
inches, breadth 2 feet 2. Eyes gold, bill and legs horny, tarsi and toes 
feathered, whole upper parts dull uniform brown. Beneath whitish, 
barred rusty ; primaries and tail, leaden brown, barred broadly darker. 
Inhabits the retired parts of the thickest jungle, coming towards the 
edges and open parts at night. It is completely nocturnal, and ina 
calm moon-light night, its incessant cries are heard to a great dis- 
tance, resembling strongly those of a strangling cat. The only speci- 
men seen was killed at Dampara, in Dholbhim. 
