STRIGINyE. 



unequal, the outer shorter than the inner ; and all covered with scales : the claws long, very strong, and 

 slightly curved. 



The type of this genus is found in Java and the northern parts of the continent of India. In the former place it 

 resides, says Dr. Horsfield, in the closest forests, which are the usual resort of the tiger. The natives even assert that 

 the bird has no dread to alight on the tiger's back. 



P. badius (Horsf.) I. Geoffr. Zool. Res. in Java, pi. 



November, 1845. 



