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CATALOGUE. 
• Bubo bengalensis, O. E. Gray, Qen. of Birds, I. p. 37; 
Cat. B. Brit. 3fus. p. 100. Hodgs., Cat. B. Nep. 
p. 50. Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. B. Beng. p. 35. 
Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 49, 
Urrua bengalensis, Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 87. 
Bubo cavearius, Hodgs., As. Bes. XIX. p. 169. 
UiTua cavearia, Hodgs., Journ. A. S. Beng. VI. p. 372. 
Hole-haunting Eared Owl, Hodgs. 
GrHOOGHOO, Hind., Jerd. 
GooBiiE, Mahrattas, Sgkes. 
HoKRA Cheel, Doon, Hon. F. J. SJiore. 
A. B. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
c. Kumaon. From Captain R. Strachey's Collection. 
d. N. India. Presented by the Reverend F. W. Hope. 
" The Googoo is the most abundant and most universaUy-spread of 
the large Owls of India. In the Carnatic it frequents rocky barren 
hills chiefly, where several may often be seen seated even for some 
hours after sunrise. In the Deccan it frequents rocky ravines, banks 
of rivers, and holes in the steep sides of the precipitous trap hills; 
also often found about old buildings, forts, and walls. On the Neil- 
gherries it is, however, found in the dense w^oody glens. Though 
partially diurnal, it chiefly preys during the night: its chief food is 
rats and lizards ; occasionally birds, crabs, and frequently large 
locusts. I have had a pair of this species, male and female, in my 
possession. Their usual cry is a single loud, clear, and prolonged 
hoot. I occasionally at night heard them utter a low indistinct 
strangling sort of cry. They vomit bones and feathers in the form 
of a pellet. "When alarmed, they hiss, and make a loud snapping 
noise with "their bills. If a dog or other animal approaches, they 
lower the head almost to the ground, erecting the w^hole of the 
feathers of the body, and spreading out their wings to their full 
extent. These, from the stooping position of the bird, are nearly 
vertical, almost touching the ground with their upper edge, and from 
their extent this bird presents a formidable front to an intruder. 
Their egrets certainly seem connected with their exalted sense of 
hearing, being generally raised whilst in the act of listening. They 
are also erect during sleep, at which time the wings are also occa- 
sionally brought forward." — (Jerdon, Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 87.) 
