354 OWL. 



53— SELO-PUTO OWL. 



Strix Selo-Puto, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 140. 



LENGTH 20 in. Body above fen'iiginous bay, crossed with 

 indistinct bands of a paler colour ; beneath white, banded with 

 fennginous bay ; chin whitish ; throat inclining to yellow ; ocular 

 region pale ferruginous ; legs crossed Avith dusky yellow bands. 



Inhabits Java ; called there Selo-puto. 



54.— RUFESCENT OWL. 



Strix rufescens, Lin. Trails, xiu. p. 140. 



LENGTH Sin. Plumage in general rufescent; above marked 

 with black and pale spots, beneath with black; on the breast a 

 linear crescent of black. 



Inhabits Java ; called Kokko-Blo. 



55.— CHESTNUT-WINGED OWL. 



Strix castanoptera, Lin. Trans, xni. p. 149. 



LENGTH Sin. Above transversely marked with dusky and 

 grey ; scapulars and back chestnut ; belly varied with chestnut and 

 white; quills and tail brownish chestnut, fasciated with testaceous 

 grey; margins of the scapulars, and a longitudinal band on the 

 middle of the wings white. 



Inhabits Java; named Blo-watu. 



