STRIGID^E. 
Ninox scutulata burmanica Hume.' 
Ninox bunnanica Hume, Stray Feathers, iv, 1876, p. 285 : Pegu. 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 1 2 3 
Ninox scutulata malaccensis ( E)'ton ) . 
Athene malaccensis Eyton, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1845, p, 
228 : Malacca. 
Noctua kirsuta minor Schleg,, Mus, Pays-Bas, Av. Noct. 1873, p. 24 r 
Banka {by elimination). 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Rhio Archipelago; Banka. 
Ninox scutulata borneensis (Bp,). 
Athene borneensis Bonaparte, Consp, Gen. Avium, 1850, p. 41 ; 
Borneo. 
Ninox labuanensis Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. ii, 1875, p. 165 : Labuan 
Island. 
Dtrfr. — Borneo; North Natuna Islands. 
Ninox scutulata javanensis Sires. 
Ninox scutulata javanensis Stresemann, Orn. Monatsber. xxxvi, 
1928, p. 54 : West Java. 
Utsir. — Java (West). 
Nmox forbesi Scl. Island Hawk-Owl, 
[Ninox forbesi forbesi Scl. 
Ninox forbesi P. L, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 52, pi. xi : 
Timor Laut. 
Distr. — Extra-limital. ] 
Ninox forbesi natalis Lister. Christmas Island Hawk-Owl. 
Ninox naialis Lister, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p, 525 : Christmas 
Island, Indian Ocean. 
Distr , — Christmas Island. 
Genus STRIX Linn. 
Strix orientalis Shaw. J Wood-Owl. 
Strix orientalis orientalis Shaw. 
Strix orientalis Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii, 1809, p. 257 : China, error = 
Cochin China. 
Distr . — Malay Peninsula. 
1 For the present we regard jafonica Schleg., and ussuriensis Buturlin, 
as synonyms of scutulata , a migratory form in Malaysia. *W. scutulata ” 
has also been recorded from the Lingga Archipelago. 
* Sporadic as far south as Singapore. 
3 Cf. Stres,, Orn. Monatsber. xxxii, 1924, p. in. 
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