CATALOGUE. 
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Strix hirsuta japonica, Schlep., Faun, Japon. t. 9, S. 
Strix infausta, Br. F. (B.) Hamilton's MS. I. p. 57. 
The Brown "Wood-Owl, Tickell. 
The Hairy Owl, G. B. Gray. 
Kal Pechak, Beng., Br. F. (JB.) Hamilton. 
Chooghd Besrtjh, Hind., id. Jerd. 
Kheng-boop, Arracan, Blyth. 
Eaja Wali, Malayan, Blyth. 
A. and Drawing. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. 
Raffles. 
b. Tenasserim. From Heifer's Collection. 
c. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
d. Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" Inhabits the retired parts of the thickest jungle, coming towards 
the edges and open parts at night. It is completely nocturnal, and 
in a calm moonlight night, its incessant cries are heard to a great 
distance, resembling strongly those of a strangling cat. Mr. Elliot 
says : ' when seized, it cries like a child.' " — (Tickell, Journ. A. S. 
Beng. II. p. 572.) 
" The natives consider this bird as very unfortunate, and when one 
of them cries near a house, the inhabitants go out with lights, to 
which it has a great aversion, and drive it away. The cry resembles 
greatly that of a hare when caught by the hounds. "When irritated, 
it raises its feathers considerably." — (Dr. F, (B.) Hamilton, MS. 
I. p. 57.) 
Subfam. II. BUBONINA, Vigors. 
Genus Ephialtes, Keyserling et Blasius (1840). 
Scops, Sav., Bes. de VEgyp. H. N. 1. p. 105 (1809). 
81. EPHIALTES SCOPS, Linn. Sp. 
Strix scops. Linn., S. N. I. p. 129. Lath., Hist. I. 
p. 324. 
Ephialtes scops, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 38 ; 
