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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
wishes to investigate the history of these Hawk-Owls is referred to them 
for further information. 
The Brown Hawk-Owl is found abundantly over the whole of British 
Burmah_, both in the hills and plains. 
It occurs throughout India^ Ceylon^ the Indo-Burmese countries^ the 
Malay peninsula and islands^ Cochin China, China and Japan. 
This Hawk-Owl is found alike in forests and in spare jungle and 
gardens. It comes out about dusk and sits on the branches of dead trees, 
from which it sallies out to capture insects. Its note resembles the word 
whoo-wuk repeated several times. 
Genus GLAUCIDIUM, Boie. 
541. GLAUCIDIUM BEODIEI. 
THE COLLARED PIGMY OWLET. 
Noctua brodiei, Burton, P. Z. 8. 1835, p. 152. Glaucidium brodiei, Jerd. B. Ind. 
i. p. 146 ; Hume, Bough Notes, ii. p. 417 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. ii. p, 67 ; 
Bl. B. Biirm. p. 67 ; Hume ^ Bav. S. F. vi. p. 39 ; Hume, 8. F. yiii. p. 84 ; 
Bingham, 8. F. ix. p. 148. Taenioptynx brodiei, Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 71. 
Athene brodiei, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 38, pi. 5. 
Description. — Male and female. Eorehead_, crown_, nape_, cheeks^ ear- 
coverts, sides of neck and a band across the throat brown_, narrowly barred 
with pale fulvous ; chin, a stripe under the cheeks and ear-coverts and 
the whole throat white; a broad rufous collar round the hind neck, more 
or less mixed with blackish ; remainder of upper plumage, wings and tail 
rufous-brown, barred with fulvous ; a broad line from the throat down the 
abdomen to the vent pure white ; remainder of lower plumage rich rufous, 
barred with fulvous. 
In another phase the whole upper plumage is greyish brown, barred with 
white ; the fulvous collar as described above ; the outer webs of the 
scapulars largely marked with white ; the lower plumage less rufous. 
Cere, bill and feet yellowish green ; iris bright yellow ; claws horny. 
{Bingham, MS.) 
Length 6'3 inches, tail 2 2, wing 3'4, tarsus '8, bill from gape -75. The 
female is larger than the male, the wing being 3' 75 and the total length 
about 6*8. 
The Collared Pigmy Owlet is found in Tenasserim from Tavoy northwards, 
and Capt. Bingham states that it is common in the Thoungyeen valley. 
I have never obtained it in Pegu ; but I am under the impression that I 
have frequently heard the note of this small Owl near the town of Pegu 
