1837.] 



of the Peninsula of India. 



47 C. Eleinii Sp. 49 C. blandus R. and C. pentagonis R. 51 C. ob- 

 scurus Willd. 52 perhaps a variety of Ip. cymosa. 53 C. dentatus R. 

 C. flavus Willd. 54 C. pilosus R. 55 C. Wightii Wall. PL As. Rar. 

 57 C pedetus Roxb. 58 C. uigitatus R. 61 Retzio pilosi Rott. 62 C. 

 Malcomi R. 64 Con. calycinus R. 65 C. unifiorus Burm. C. emargina- 

 tus Vahl. C. Rheedii Wall. 66 C. Semidigynus. 67 Ip. parviflora 

 Rott. 68 E. sericius Wall. E. angustifolius R. 69 These two proba- 

 bly the same species. 



Explanation of Plates. 

 Plate T. 



Fig. 1. Pharbitis A. C. D. ovar. 3 celled. a 

 „ 2. Ipomea A. C. D. F. G. H. sepals verticillate. -> 

 „ 3. Batatas A. C. D. E. corol. campanulate, stamens included. 

 „ 4. Quamoclit A. C. D. E. corol. infundibuliform, stamens exserted. 

 „ 5. Rivea A. B. ovar. 4 celled. 



„ 6. Aniseia A. C. D. F. G. H. sepals inserted, some lower down 

 than others. 



Plate II. 



Ipomea obscura. — a. g. m. p. q. r. u. v. L obscura. 



III. — Indication of a n&w Genus belonging to the Strigine Family, with 

 Description of the New Species and Type. — By Brian Houghton 

 Hodgson, Esq. British Resident in Nepal. 



Family Strigidje. 



Sub Family Noctuin^e. 



Genus Ninox, nobis (a Niso et Noctua). 



Type Ninox Nipalensis, ?iobis. 



Character. — Bill, disc, conch, and feet as in Noctua. — General con- 

 tour, with the character of the plumage, strictly falconidine. Wings 

 long and firm, 3d quill longest, 1st and 2d moderately gradated; the 

 primes, pretty strongly emarginated high up from the tips ; their 

 edges, entire or nearly so. Tail long, straight and even. Type, Ninox 

 Nipalensis, nobis. Habitat, central region of Nepal. Habits, insecti« 

 vorous and crepuscular. 



The experienced Shikaree who brought me, recently, a fine male 

 specimen of this bird, asked me, when he put it in my hands, whether 

 it was a Badz (hawk) or an Ulu (owl) ? And the more I examined its 

 graceful form, its unrelaxed plumage, its strong and ample wings and 

 tail, and even its peculiar colouring, the greater reason did I perceive 

 to admire the man's acuteness of observation. It is an owl, undoubt- 



