CATALOGUE. 
77 
The intestinal canal is from three and a half to four feet long ; 
very thickly coated throughout ; considerably wider above than below, 
and furnished with two thin caeca from three to four inches long, 
which are situated near the anal extremity of the canal, and widened 
considerably at their distad end. The stomach is rounded, conside- 
rably and equally thickened in its coats, and provided with a toughish 
and rugose lining, which is easily separated. The coats do not 
consist of proper muscle, but of a substance between gland and 
cartilage, for which I know no name, commonly as it occurs. The 
succentorial stomach is purely glandular, with soft papillated lining, 
not distinguishable from the body of the organ ; the points of the 
papillae being in fact mere excretory pores, directly in contact with 
the secreting substance." — (Hodgson, Journ. A. S. Beng, V. 
p. 365.) 
" This is a heavy, clumsy bird, but very powerful. It is usually 
seen on the wing in the twilight. It is common in the Indian 
islands and at Siam. 
" There is scarce any substance in the animal or vegetable king- 
dom which the Ultra- Grangetic nations do not apply to medical 
purposes, a practice which the Siamese would appear to have adopted 
from the Chinese, w^ho have carried this singular fancy to the 
greatest length. 
" The skull of this bird is held in considerable estimation as a 
medicine in small-pox, and chiefly to check and to alleviate the 
itching sensation which takes place in the curative stage. For this 
purpose, the head is rubbed upon a stone with water, which, thus 
impregnated, is received into a vessel, from which an attendant spurts 
a quantity of it on the body from time to time." — (Finlayson's MS. 
Notes.) 
92. KETUPA CEYLONENSIS, Gmel Sp, 
Strix ceylonensis, Gmel., S. JST. L. I. p. 287. 
Ketupa ceylonensis, G. H. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 38 ; Cat. B. Brit, Mus. p. 101. Hodgs., Cat. B. 
Nep.p. 51. Blyth, Cat. B. Mus, A, S, Beng, p. 37. 
Bonap., C. G, Av. p. 4i4i. 
Strix Leschenaultii, Temm,, Bl, Col, 20. 
Ketupa Leschenaultii, Less., Tr, d' Orn. p. IM. Sgkes, 
Broc. Zool. Soc. (1832), p. 82. 
