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Genus SCOPS, Sav. 



43.— S. Javanicus, Less.— S. Lempyi, Horsf. ?_ S. nocluIa,Temm ?—I n . 

 dian Scops Owl. 



I procured a single specimen of a small owl, that answers the brief 

 description of Lesson, in the western ghauts near the Pena pass. 



Descriptio».--Above, browaish,varied with ferruginous and blackish. 

 Quill feathers with .he outer webs marked by several st.on-ly defied 

 bars of buff; beneath of a ferruginous tun, finely vermiculated with 

 brownish, and the feathers streaked in the centre with blackish Length 

 (trom tip of bill) 9- wing 6; tail 2f, tarsus T ybs; 4th and 5th quill 

 leathers longest, and the 2d is equal to the 7th. 



Sub Family AETOGLAUCIN^, Hodgson. -Eagle Owls. 

 Genus HUHUA, Hodgson, he. cit. 

 44.— #. pectoralis.— New species *—Ooman, Mai. 

 Description.-^* of a deep sepia brown, having in some lights 

 a golden tmt ; most of the f Khers, especially on the wing courts ter- 

 mis, scapulars and tail, barrel and mottled with light buffi Egrets 

 long, with narrow bars of whitish ; face, ears, rictal and mental bristles 

 silvery grey, very strong and rigid; the frontal feathers also rigid and 

 bristly Beneath, while, feathers barred with brown numerously on the 

 throat, less so .„ the belly and vent, and the bars are larger and take 

 an arrow headed form. A narrow pectoral band of brown, ^hTgohS n 

 tmg., and edged with buff as above. Irides deep brown cere grfenLh 

 yellow ; bill greenish-horn, with a tina e f flJh ,«i \ e g le enisH 

 dish yellow. ° fl ^ Sh C010U1 '' t0CS dirt y 1>ed - 



Thoughlhave pla;ed th . s b . rd ^^ Mr Ho 

 Huhua, with winch it agrees in some of the most important cha 

 racters, especially in its large and lengthened bill, CTL£ 

 short stout and feathered tarsi, strong toes, and immense 2' 

 yet U drffers in the fo.lowing respects: the bill i s hard.y st u ' 

 ened beyond .he cere, it has an obsolete festoon ,1,/ 

 P-tially covered with brist.es, which e eld 1 e wholeT 7 

 ot the bill; the 5th and 6th quills are Ion"" and s b 1 ^ 



