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lelisra of proportions manifested by this species and the Hawk Hyptio- 

 pus lophotes is noticed in minute detail. 



27. Athene cuculoides ;] Noctua cuculoides, Vigors and Gould. 

 [This bird* is found in Southern India and in the Tenasserim pro- 

 vinces]. 



28. Scops lettia, Hodgson [As. Res. XIX, 176: Scops Lempiji (?) , 

 Horsfield, vel Sc. Javanicus, Lesson, to which an Assamese specimen 

 is referred by Dr. Horsfield. I incline to suspect that the Sc. Sunia, 

 Hodgson, Ibid., will prove to be merely the young, as the " Red Owl" 

 of Wilson's 'American Ornithology' is of his "Mottled Owl", ( Sc. 

 AsioJ. 



29. Athene radiatus ; Strix radiata, Tickell, ,/. A. S. II, 572; 

 Athene erythropterus, Gould, P. Z. S., 1837, p. 136;] Noctua per - 

 lineata, Hodgson [mentioned in J. A. S. VI, 369]. 



30. Lophophorus Impeyanus. 



3 1 . Tragopan satyrus. 



32. Euplocomus leucomelas. 



33. [Ithaginis (Wagler;) Plectrophorus, J. E. Gray; Ptilopachus, 

 Swan son ;] cruentata. 



34. Gallophasis (Hodgson, type,) pucrasia. \_Phasianus pucrasia, 

 Vigors and Gould. This bird certainly does not rank well in any of 

 the divisions hitherto established among the Pheasants. Its distinctive 

 traits consisting in the absence of any nude crimson space around the 

 eyes, in the similarity of the sexes, the peculiar character of the plum- 

 age, and the short straight tail ; but it approximates the restricted Pha- 

 siani more than it does any other group, and it is remarkable that the 

 only Indian species of true Pheasant (Ph. Wallichii vel Stacei) differs 

 from the rest in being crested, though much less heavily than the pre- 

 sent bird, which latter is known to sportsmen by the names Plass, 

 Pucrass, and Koklass. 



* The Society has just been presented with a specimen from Chusan. 



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