506 Conspectus of the Ornithology of India* [No. 7. 



Tribe. NOCTURNE.* 

 Fam. STRIGID^.f 

 Hulu, Jaghal, and Bum (Pers.), H. ; Hutum, and Pencha, 

 B. ; Bassd, Cingh. 



Subfam. BUBONINiE. 

 Genus Bubo, Sibbald.| 



79. B. orientals (PL Col. 174, 229). 

 Syn. Striae orientalis, Horsfield. 



8. sumatrana, Raffles. 



S. strepitans, Temminck. 



B. et Huhua nipalensis, Hodgson. 



H. pectoralis, Jerdon. § 



Huhua and Huhu chil, (' Howler' 1, or l Howling Kite' ?,) 

 Nepal (Hodgson) : Uman, Malabar (Jerdon). 

 Hab. S. E. Himalaya ; S. India ; and Malay countries. 



80. B. bengalensis (Gould's 'Century,' pi. 3). 

 Syn. Otus bengalensis, Franklin. 



Bubo caveareus et Urrua cavearea, Hodgson. 

 Ghughu, H. (Jerdon). || 

 Hab. India generally ; Afghanistan : but not met with below 

 the tideway of the rivers in Lower Bengal. 



* Vide p. 317. 



t The Owl family primarily divides into three subfamilies, viz. : — 



1. BuBONiNiE. Comprising all the species with aigrettes, or the ' Horned 

 Owls/ inclusive of Nyctea which has distinct though small aigrettes. 



2. Surnin^e. Athene, Syrnium, and their numerous (and chiefly in- 

 termediate) affines. 



3. Strigin^e. Phodilus, Strix (as now limited), and Glaux. 



% We have been assured of the existence of bubo maximus, Sibbald, in the 

 Himalaya, in addition to B. bengalensis, Ketupa flavipes, &c, but have seen no 

 specimen. Mr. Gould has seen it from China. 



§ Bubo pectoralis, (Jerdon), from the Himalaya, is given as a distinct species 

 from B. orientalis (v. nipalensis) from Java, in Mr. John Cassin's Catalogue of 

 the Strigidae in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 

 (1849). 



|| In Bengal, this name is applied to the Doves (Turtur). In either case, 

 it derives evidently from the voice. So, also, Hulu, H., Ulula, latin (whence 

 Ululo), and Owl (and howl), English, &c. Again, Ullu, H., Ulluk, Beng., for 

 the Hylobates hooloc/c. 



