f^4i BUBONID^. 



spotted witb dark brown; abdomen, flanks and thigh-coverts buffy 

 white, -with narrow transverse wavy bars of brown, the feathers of the 

 lower breast with distinct mesial streaks ; under tail-coverts fulvous, 

 with narrow wavy brown bars. Tarsal plume buffy whitej fulvous on 

 the sides and behind, and with a few indistinct brown markings. 

 Under wing-coverts tawny buff, with narrow brown markings. Bill 

 horny black ; irides yellow. 



Length. — 20 to 22 inches, wing 16, tail 8'8 to 9, tarsus 2"95 to 3. 



Hab. — The Peninsula of India and Ceylon ; also Beloochistan, 

 Afghanistan, andNepaul. In India it has been recorded from Behar, 

 Kutch, Kattiawar,' Jodhpore, North Guzerat, the Neilgherries, Mhow, 

 Malabar Coast, the Concan and Deccan. In Sind it is a permanent 

 resident, breeding in March and April, laying from 2 to 4 eggs of a 

 creamy white colour. 



Bubo coromanduB, Lath. Lid. Oni. i. p. 53 ; Sharps, Cat. 

 Striges. B. M. p. 35. Bubo coromanda, Gray, Gen. B. i. p, 37; 

 Hume, Sir. F. p. 164. Urrua coromanda, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi. p. 373; 

 Jerd. B, of Lid. i. p. 130, No 70; Hume, Nest andUggs. Lid. B. p. 63; 

 Murray, Hdbk., ZooL, ^c, Sind., p. 118. Ascalaphia coromanda, Blyth, 

 Ibis. 1866, p. 253; Hume, Bough Notes, ii. p. 371. — The Dusky-horned 

 Owl. 



Adult. — Head, neck, ear-tufts, back, rump, scapulars and upper tail- 

 coverts greyish brown, the feathers thickly vermiculated, crossed with 

 numerous narrow fulvous bars, and with dark mesial streaks. Loreal 

 plumes greyish white with dark shafts to the tips. Bar-coverts dark 

 grey with black shafts, a black patch on the hinder edge of the 

 ear-coverts. Chin whitish, quills ashy brown, the primfiriea. tinged 

 with fulvous and crossed with broad bands of dark brown. Outer 

 scapulars with yellowish-white spots forming a shoulder patch. Tail 

 dark brown, with 4 broad fulvous bands and a buffy white tip. Entire 

 under surface pale earthy brown with a fulvous tinge, the feathers mesially 

 streake'd with dark brown and faintly barred with zigzag lines. Thigh- 

 coverts and tarsal plume fulvescent, with narrow bars of zigzag lines. 

 Feet sparsely feathered. Claws horny brown. Bill greyish at the.base, 

 horny yellow at tip. 



Length.— 21 to 23 inches, wing 16, tail 9, tarsus 2 to 2-65. 



Hah.— Sind, N. W. Provinces (Futtehgur, Delhi), Oudh, Nepa«l, 

 Lower Bengal, Lower Himalayas, the Carnatic, Malabar Coast, 

 Rajputana and North Guzerat. Like the last it is a resident in Sind. 

 Breeds in December. 



Gen. Scops.— /Sau. 



Ear-tufts large. Ear orifice moderate. Lateral margin of bill some- 

 what curved. Cere not inflated ; nostrils oval, situated in the anterior 

 margin of the cere. Wings long, reaching nearly or quite to the tip 

 of the tail; 3rd and 4th quills longest; tail short; toes generally 

 feathered ; tarsi never naked. 



