238 



Strix indica, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 250. 



Strix rosenbergii, Schlegel, Nederl. Tijds. Dierk. iii. p. 181 (1866). 



"Strix affinis, Blyth," Layard, B. of S. Afr. p. 42 (1867). 



Strix insularis, Pelzeln, J. f. Om. 1872, p. 23. 



Strix flammea, var. pratincola, Ridgw. N.-Am. B. iii. p. 11 (1874). 



Strix flammed, var. guatemalm, Ridgw. ut supra (1874). 



Strix flammea, var. perlata, Ridgw. torn. cit. p. 12 (1874). 



Strix flammea, var. furcata, Ridgw. ut supra (1874). 



Strix flammea, var. delicatula, Ridgw. torn. cit. p. 13 (1874). 



Strix flammea, var. javanica, Ridgw. ut supra (1874). 



Aluco delicatula (Gould), Sharpe in Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, p. 22 (1875). 



Effraye commune, French ; Coruja das torres, Portuguese ; Lechuza, Spanish ; Barbagianni, 

 Italian and Maltese ; Youka, Moorish ; Schleiereule, Schleierkauz, German ; Kerkuil, 

 Dutch; Slbrugle, Perleugle, Danish; Tornuggla, Swedish. 



Figure notabiles. 



D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 440 ; Temminck, PI. Col. 432 ; Werner, Atlas, Bapaces, pi. 40 ; Kjaerb. 

 Orn. Dan. taf. 7; Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 97; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 11. fig. 4; 

 Nauraann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 47. fig. 2 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 71. fig. 1 ; Gould, 

 B. of Eur. pi. 36 ; id. B. of G. Brit. i. pi. 27; id. B. of Asia, pt. xxiv.; id. B. of Austral, i. 

 pi. 31 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 41 ; Roux, Orn. Prov. pis. 54, 55 ; Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. 

 pi. 36 ; Audub. B. of Am. pi. 34 ; Susemihl, Vog. Eur. taf. 46 ; Rowl. Orn. Misc. i. pi. xi. ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Strig. pi. xiv. 



Ad. pileo, nucha et corpore supra- cum tectricibus alarum pallide aurantiaco-cervinis nigricanti-cinereo et albo 

 guttatis et griseo variegatis : remigibus aurantiaco-cervinis, in pogonio interuo extus albidis, extus 

 indistincte et intus magis griseo fasciatis : cauda albida, rectricibus centralibus aurantiaco lavatis et 

 nigricante griseo transfasciatis : facie alba, fascia aurantiaca et grisea, circumdata, regione oculari 

 rufescente : corpore subtus albo vix nigro-griseo guttato : rostro albido : iride nigra. 



Adult Male (near London). Upper parts generally pale or orange-buif, spotted with blackish grey and 

 white, and varied with grey, the grey portion of the feathers being greyish white, finely vermiculated 

 with dark grey ; quills orange-buff or warm ochreous-orange, on the inner webs fading to dull white, 

 the outer webs very faintly, and the inner ones more distinctly barred with blackish grey; tail dull 

 white, on the central feathers washed with orange and crossed by four pale blackish grey bands, 

 besides being sparingly speckled with grey ; feathers forming the ruff white, tipped with orange and 

 blackish grey; facial disk silvery white, the space immediately round the eye dull rufous, rest of the 

 underparts white with a few blackish grey spots on the flanks, and sparingly tinged with orange on 

 the breast; bill ivory-white; iris blue-black. Total length about 12*5 inches, culmen 1'3, wing 11-2, 

 tail 4'8, tarsus 2 - 4. 



Adult Female. Resembles the male, but is rather larger in size. 



Adult Male, dark form (Kent, 21th February). Upper parts grey, closely vermiculated with blackish grey, 



