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I have procured several specimens of a rather large Scops 

 Owl from the forests of the Eastern Ghauts, which very closely 

 resembles that named lettia by Hodgson, but which is smaller 

 and differs otherwise according to Mr. Blyth. I add a brief 

 description. General tone of plumage, light cinereous grey, 

 more or less tinted in parts with fulvous, and mottled, mar- 

 bled, and streaked with various shades of brown — under plu- 

 mage very light — the feathers centred dark — feathers of the 

 tarsus creamy white. The Malabar Scops Owl, which nearly 

 approaches it in size, differs in the prevalence of a strong 

 rufous tinge, more especially in the plumage beneath. I have 

 now seen many specimens from the Eastern Ghauts, none of 

 which have any tendency to that marked rufous hue. 



Length 10 inches, wing about 6, Tail 3. 



No. 46. Cat. — The Noctua cucidoides of my Catalogue is 

 quite distinct from the Himalayan bird, and is the Noctua 

 radio t a (Tickcll,) N. perlineata, Hodgson. 



* No. 46. bis — N. spadicea (T), S. castanoptera, Horsf. 



The Southern provinces of India and Ceylon appear to 

 possess a distinct species which from its prevalent rufous hue 

 appears to be the species mentioned above. I have procured 

 it from Travancore and the southern provinces of Malabar, 

 and Mr. Blyth has seen specimens from Ceylon. 



*No. 51. bis. — Lanius cristalus L., after Edw. pi. 54. — 

 L. melanotis Val. — L.ferrugiceps, Hodgson. I had over- 

 looked this Shrike as the young of L. Hardicickii, but Mr. 

 Blyth pointed out to me that it was quite distinct, and iden- 

 tified it as above. Common throughout the peninsula, fre- 

 quenting low jungle, gardens, and hedgerows. It is also 

 L. phcenicurus, Pallas-apud Latham. — L. superciliosus. var. 

 A., Lath. 



No. 54. — The common Indian Swallow Shrike is the 

 Ocypterus rujiventer of authors. 



