1850.] Conspectus of the Ornithology of India, 511 



93. Ath. castanotus, Blyth, Museum Catalogue. 



Syn. Ath, castanoptera apud Blyth, J. A. S. XV, 280. 



Pancha Bassa (* small Owl'), Cingh. 

 Hab. Ceylon (where common).* 



94. Ath. Brodiei. 



Syn. Noctua Brodiei, Burton. 



N. tubiger et Athene badia, Hodgson. 

 Hab. Himalaya. 



95. Ath. brama (PL Col. 68). 

 Syn. Strix brama, Temminck. 



Noctua indica, Franklin. 

 N. tarayensis, Hodgson. 



KAturid Pencha, (* wood-Owl,' t. e. that hides in cavities 

 of wood), Beng. ; Khukhusat, Upper Hindustan ; 

 Chugady or Choghud, H. ; Pungla, Mahratta. 

 Hab. India generally to foot of Himalaya; Asam ; Sylhet ; 

 extremely common in Lower Bengal : Persia (as about Erzeroum).f 



Genus Ninox, Hodgson. 



96. N. scdtellatus (PI. Col. 289). 

 Syn. Strix scutellata, Raffles. 



S. hirsuta, Temminck. 

 S. lugubris, Tickell. 

 Ninox nipalensis, Hodgson. 

 Athene malayensis, Eyton. 



Kdl Pencha (' Death-Owl'), Bengal : Choghud Besra 

 (' Hawk Owl'), H. (Jerdon) : Kheng-boop, Arakan 

 (Phayre) : Raja Wall, Malayan. 

 Hab. India generally ; Ceylon; Burmese and Malay countries : 



* The Malayan Ath. castanoptera, (Horsfield, v. spadicea, Reinwardt), is men- 

 tioned as an inhabitant of the Tenasserim provinces by Dr. Heifer, and he is pro- 

 bably correct; but as Nos. 91, 92, and 93, are nearly affined to Ath. castanoptera, 

 we must consider the Tenasserim species as needing satisfactory determination. 



t Ath. psilodactyla, (L., apud Boie), v. Strix noctua, Retzius, S. nudipes, 

 Nilsson, S. passerina apud Latham and Temminck, Ath. bactrianus, Blyth, /. A. S. 

 XVI, 776, &c, inhabits middle Asia, as Afghanistan and Tibet, but does not 

 appear to have been observed in the Himalaya. Stria; persica, Vieillot, is probably 

 a variety. Vide Rev. Zool. &c. 1849, p. 18. 



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