BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Inhabits India generally. 

 Genus A^O, Brisson. 

 A. otus (PL Enl. 22). 



STN. *trix otns, L. 



Str. soloniensis, Gm. 

 Otus europseus. Stephens. 

 O. communis. Lesson. 

 O. vulgaris, Fleming. 



Inhabits Europe and N. Asia, Himalaya. 

 A. hrachyotus (Gould's B. E. pi. 40). 



Stn. Strix brachyotus, Gmelio. 



Str. ulula, s. segolius, et 3. accipitrina, Pallus. 

 S. arctica, Sparrman. 

 S. tripennis, Schrank. 

 S. palnstris, Smies. 

 S. brachyura, Nilson. 

 Brachyarus palustris, Gould. 



Chota Ghooghoo, H. (Jerdon). Inhabits Eu 

 rope, Asia, Africa, N. and S. America, Cal- 

 cutta. 



Gmws SCOPS, Savigny 



Sc. aldrovandi, Ray (Gould's B. E. pi 48 ; 

 Jerdon's III. Ind. Orn., pi. 41, chesuut va 

 riety)- 



Syk. strix scops, Linnaeus, 



btr. zorca et S. giu, Scopoli. 

 S. carniolica, Gmelin. 

 Sc. europseus, Lessun. 

 Sc. senegalensis, Swainson. 

 Sc. capensis. Smith. 



Be. sunia (chpsnut variety), and S. pennata (grey 



variety), Hodgson. 

 So Mxlayanus, A. Hay. 



Ephialtes spilocephalus, Hlytb, J. A. S. XV. 8 



I?) Large specimen in immature plumajie ? 

 Otus Scops jiipouicus, Tern, apud G. K. Gray. 

 Strix balikamsena (? , Pennant. 



Chitta Gool, Telinga (Jerdon) : Chugad Ku- 

 sial, or Sunya Kusial, Nepal (H ) Inhabits 

 Europe, Asia, and Africa. Himalaya ; Pen- : of 

 India, Calcutta. 



A. lempijh (PI. Col. 99^. 

 (Var. A. Malayan race, in general deeply 

 tinged with fulvous.) 



Sin. strix lempiji, Horsfield. 

 Str. noctula, Reiuwardt. 

 Scops javanicus, Lesson. 



Lempiji, Java- (Var. B 

 seldom tiuged with fulvous : 

 malaya, Assam, Sylhet, and Arracan.) Sc. lettia, 

 Hodgson. Tharhivi Chugad, or Lattya Kudyal, 

 Nepal (H.) (Var. C. Ordinary Indian race 

 resembling the last, but generally smaller and 

 greyer in colour, — being, when slightly tinged 

 fulvescent, the Sc. lempiji apud Jerdon of Mii- 

 Jabar and Ceylon. Sc. lettioidei et griseus, 

 Jerdon Inhabits (in different varieties.) India, 

 China \}), and the Malay countries. Ma- 

 lacca (the undoubted lempiji)- Var. B. F. N. 

 W. Himalaya. Nepal. Arracan (Ramree.) Co- 

 Tomandel Coast (sent as letlioides, Jerdon) : 

 and two from Malabar (sent as lempiji.) T. C, 

 Jerdon, Es({. (1844-6). Specimen (resemb- 



ing last), from Ceylon. E. L- Layard, Esq- 

 1849.) 



Genus KETUPA, Lesson. 

 K. flavipes. 



S YN. Cultrunguis flavipes. Hodgson, J. A. 8. XV. 



364. 



Inhabits Himalaya only (so far as hither- 



to observed). 



K. ceylonensis. 



Sin. Strix ceylouensis. Gmelin. 



Str. Leschenaultii. Temrainck. 

 S. Hardwiekii, Gray. 

 S. (iumeticola. Tickell. 

 Cultrunguis nigripes, Hodgson. 



Ubi (generic), H. : also Amrai ha Ghooglioo, 

 H. (Jerdon) : V'tum, Beng. : Tee-dook, Arra- 

 can. Inhabits India generally ; Arracan ; 

 Tenasserim. Very common in Lower Bengal, 

 near Calcutta, 



Larger race, but 

 inhabiting the Hi- 



K. javanensis, Lesson . 



SvN. Strix ketupu, Horsfield. 



Str. ceylonensis apud Temminck. 



Tamba, or Kelomho Ralonapye ; Hanta ; 

 Burmig I'eloiv ; Malayan : Blo-Ketupu, Java. 

 Inhabits Malayan peninsula and Archipelago ; 

 rare in Arracan. Specimen from Java. 



Subfam. ATHENINiE. 



Genus NINOX, Hodgson. 

 N. scululatus (PI. Col. 289.) 



SVN. Strix scutulata, RafBes. 

 Str. hirsuta, Temminck. 

 3. lugubris, Tickell. 

 Ninox nipalensis, Hodgson. 

 Athene malayensis, Byton. 



Kal Pancha, Beng. ; CJioghud BesraJi, H. 

 Jerdon) : Kheng-boop, Arracan : Baja Wali, 

 Malayan. Inhabits India generally ; Tenasse- 

 rim provinces ; Malayan peninsula ; riunnatra : 

 not rare in Lower Bengal. Madagascar (Dr. 

 A. Smith, AJr. ZooL p. 163). 



Genus ATHENE, Boie. 

 Ath. cuculoides (Gould's ' Century,' pi. 4). 



Syn. Noctua cuculoides. Vigors. 

 N. auribarbis, Hodgson, 



D'zee-geet, Arracan. Inhabits Himalaya ; 

 Assam ; Arracan ; Tenasserim ; China. 



Ath. radiata. 



Syn. Strix radiata, Tickell, J. A. S, TI. 573 (1833). 

 Athene erythropterus, Gould. P. Z. S. 1837 p. 

 136. 



Noctua perliueata, Hodgson. 

 N. cuculoides apud Jerdon, Catal. 



Juvgli Choghud, H. (Jerdon) : CJwta Kal- 

 pamha, Beng- : Chugad, Nepal (H.) Inhabits 

 most parts of India ; sub-Himidayan region : 

 never on the alluvium of Lowt-r Bengal, but 

 appears immediately — this is quilted in a west- 

 erly direction. 



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