STRIX BAD! A. 
Ord. I" Les Oiseaux de Proie, Cuvier. 2'- c Famille. Les Nocturnes. 
Ord. I" Rafaces, Temminck. 
Ord. I. Accipitres, Lhm. Syst. 
Ord. III. Raptatores, Ittiger. Fam. 17, Nocturni. 
STRIX, Linn. Briss. Lath Cuv. Temm. IUig. 
Char. Gen. — Rostrum mediocre, crassiusculura, aduncum, compressum, basi sctis 
recumbentibus absconditum, maxilla cer ornate obliterate. 
Nares later ales, ad marginem anticum ceromatis sitaB, rotundatte, patulae. Lingua fissa. 
Caput grande, plumis densis tectum, oculis antrorsum spectantibus, orbitis plumis 
radiatis. 
Pedes mediocres, validi, lanati, tetradactyli fissi, digito externo versatili, halluee 
breviore. Ungues validi, incur vi, acuti. Pelma torosum grami latum. IlUger. 
Strix badia nigro punctata, subtus pallidior, gula juguloque albidis, torque fusco. 
Wowo-wiwi) or Kalong-wmi of the Javanese, 
Strix badia, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Jam, Linn. Trans. Vol XIII. 
p. 139. 
THE species of the genus Strix which have been afforded to my researches, con- 
stitute a large proportion of the Birds of Prey. Nine species of Falcons and eight 
of Owls from Java have been arranged in the Museum at the India House: of these 
three belong to the first division of the genus comprising the Eared-Owh, and five 
to the second division, the individuals of which have smooth heads. Of the latter 
the Strix javanica of Gmelin, which my specimens shew to be merely a variety of 
the Strix flammea of Linnaeus, is the most generally distributed. It is, as far as I 
have observed, the only species of this division which is occasionally found near 
villages and dwellings. It is not, however, a favourite with the natives; various 
superstitious notions are also in Java associated with its visits, and it is considered in 
many parts of the island as portending evil. The other species of this division are 
by no means common, and the Strix badia is one of those that are most rarely met 
