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Birds of Celebes : Asionidae. 
shorter, both examples being from the same locality, Glreat Sangi, and the specimens 
before us also, most indeed moulting, seem to have no great stability in the quill- 
lengths. We have noticed this in other Owls.) 
Distribution. Japan (ci J, d I'jj Loo-choo Islands (g 4j h 8) ] S. E. Siberia and China from 
the Amoor southwards (g 1, h 1, h 9, h 10, il)-, migrating in winter to the Philippine 
Islands (Platen i2, Steere y 1, Whitehead h 7)-, Borneo (c 2 g 5)] Talaut Is. 
— Kahruang and Salihahu (Nat. Coll); Sangi Islands (Eosenb., Hoedt el, Meyer 
h4. Platen i I)-, Tagulandang (Nat. Coll); — Celebes, N. Peninsula (Eosenb. el, 
Meyer c 3), S. Peninsula, Bonthain (Weber 12); Sula Mangoli (Hoedt e i); Kalao 
(Everett 14)-, Ternate (Eosenb. el, Fischer h 5)-, Flores (Wallace f 1). 
The following synonymy belongs to the last-named subspecies: 
Ninox scutulata japonica (T. & Sc hi.). 
a. Strix scutulata japonica (I) Temm. & Schl, Faun. Jap. Aves 1845, 28, pi. 9 B. 
h. Athene japonica Bp., Consp. 1851, I, 41. 
c. Ninox japonicus (1) Bp., Eev. Zool. 1854, 543; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VHI, 40; 
(3) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 57; (4) Sharpe, Ibis 1889, 80; id., ib. 1890, 274; 
(5) Campbell, ib. 1892, 243. 
d. Noctua hirsuta japonica (1) SchL, Mus. P.-B. Striges 1862, 25. 
e. Noctua hirsuta, partim, fij Schl., Eev. Noctuae 1873, 23 (ex China, Japan, Celebes, Sula, 
Sangi, Ternate). 
f. Athene florensis (1) Wall., P. Z. S. 1863, 488; id.. Ibis 1868, 23. 
g. Ninox japonica Sharpe, Ibis 1875, 258; (1) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 36; 
(2) Blakis. & Pryer, Ibis 1878, 246; (3) Taczan., J. f. 0. 1881, 179; (3^^^) 
Gurney, P. Z. S. 1878, 940; (4) Stejneger, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 401; 
(5) Everett, J. Str. Br. E. A. S. 1889, 179; (6) Bourns & Worces. , B. Menage 
Exped. 1894, 33; (7) Grant, Ibis 1896, 111, 463, 531. 
h. Ninox scutulata (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1875, H, 156—167 partim; (2) id. (nec Eaffl.?), 
Ibis 1877, 4; (3) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1880, I, 80, and Agg. 1889, 23; W. Bias., 
Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien 1883, 22; (4) Meyer, Isis 1884, 14; (5) Pleske, Bull Ac. 
Petersb. 1884, 114; (6) Hartert, J. f. 0. 1889, 373(?); (7) Whitehead, Ibis 1890, 
44; (8) Seebohm, B. Japan Emp. 1890, 187; (9) Styan, Ibis 1891, 326, 486; 
(10) De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 482; (11) Seebohm, Ibis 1893, 52; (12) Biittik., Zool. 
Erg. Weber’s Eeise in Ost-Ind. 1893, HI, 272; (13) Hartert, Nov. Zook 1895, 476. 
i. Ninox macroptera (1) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 545 — 555; (2) id., J. f.,0. 1890, 145. 
j. Ninox lugubris (1) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1878, 940; Gurney, Ibis 1884, 170; (2) Steere 
(nec Tickell), List. Coll. B. Philip. Is. 1890, 8. 
k. Ninox hirsuta japonica (1) Tacz., Faun. Orn. Sib. Orient. 1881, I, 131. 
l. Ninox scutulata japonica (1) M. & Wg., J. f. 0. 1894, 239; (2) iid.. Abb. Mus. Dresd. 
1895, Nr. 8, p. 5; (3) iid., ib. Nr. 9^ p. 2; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1896, 177. 
m. ? Ninox scutulata lugubris (1) Eagle Clarke, Ibis 1895, 476. 
“Mamejo”, Talaut Islands, Nat. Coll. 
“Mawututu” , Tagulandang Id., iid. 
Figures and descriptions. Temm. & Schl. a 7; Schlegel 7 7; David & Oust, g 1\ Stej- 
neger g 4; Meyer h 4; W. Bias, i 1; Sharpe h 1 pt. 
Adult. Above Yandyke-brown, Avashed on the head with greyish, and with rufous on the 
back, sides of neck, throat and wings; wing-coverts unspotted, the outer ones dark 
purplish brown, the inner ones like back, scapidars with concealed white spots; outer 
