AYES. 
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v°‘ ® 42 - Shahidfila, October 21, 1873. 
•1459. Panjah, April 13, 1874. 
Coli e ^ S ' an< ^ ^-459 are °f the usual pale type and are matched by others in the Hume 
M VlSou ;° n ^ rom various parts of the north-west of the Indian Peninsula. The British 
The i (:ori ^ ns eight specimens of this rare species of Scops Owl, including the young bird. 
ti n „ 0 11 h difference perceptible in the series is that some specimens have a more ochreous 
W\ve en Ule some ai 'e greyer. The specimen from the Karatagh Lake is a distinct link 
(S'. ,<i( 0 P s bnicii and S. am, as it has a good deal of rufous about it, and approaches 
Col ° m ^ le ^ ers i an Grulf. 
0,1 1; 1 -Ciddulph states that he shot a specimen between Sirhud and Panjah in Wakhan. 
STI * 
pecimens of tliis species now in the Museum are as follows : — 
at" ^° on jb near Grilgit, September 20, 1876 ( Col. J. Biddulph). — Wing 6'3 inches. 
ad ' Gil git, March 23, 1880 (Dr. J. Scully).— Wing 6 3 inches. 
$ 7 Hyderabad, Sind, December 16, 1878 (S. Boig). — Wing 60 inches. 
? iu • ^ lauiari > S. Afghanistan, April 23, 1880 (J. A. Murray). — Wing 60 inches. 
Ad \ banian, June 3, 1880 (77. E. Barnes). {C urine bactriana, Barnes, Str. E. ix. p. 215.) 
r > ad dltanpur, Gurgaon, December 7, 1877 ( W. N. Chill). — Wing 63 inches. 
<j ad ‘ ^ lme dnuggur, January 20, 1870 (77. J. Bruce). Type of species. — Wing 6 35 inches. 
Acl ^ a huri, Ahmednuggur, Eebruary 1876 ( S . B. Fairbank) . — Wing 6-1 inches. 
d l iuri, Admednuggur (S. B. Fairbank). — Wing 6-4 inches. 
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Bubo 
Bubo 
t VBC0MANUS. 
Genus BUBO. 
Bubo ■ lUdnnus > var - turcomanus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. Ill (1873). 
Bubo Y‘ taVUS ( nec Torst.) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 111. 
" rcomanus (Eversm.) ; Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 17 (1875) ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 55; 
Bubo , d . ' ° is ' Transcasp. p. 22 (1885). 
iv. p. 129 ; Radde, Ornis, iii. p. 473 (1887) . 
" >0 ’ ^lomeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 83. 
Co Hcei< Q { a ^ U ^ S s P ec i n iens were brought to him alive, and he gives an interesting note 
Vd), He observes: — “This fine Owl, called in Turki Hut kush (the ‘ hui ’ 
^tended i 1>St Seen °P en waste ground, near Beshkant, on the 4th of Eebruary . It was 
^ Whop s ,? t] U °f Crows, who seemed to be tormenting it, flying after it and surrounding 
a §aip rri( ( . 011 the ground, but always keeping at a respectful distance. The bird was 
^ u rkest a p " a ^ Tungtash, near Karghalik, in August.” Mr. Hume notes that the 
hreorti S ^ ecimeri8 °f the Eagle-Owl belong to the eastern pale form of the species, 
nu s, Eversm. 
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Genus NYC TEA. 
^ Tc tea Nivea 
* Ur nia nive n 
Syct ea sc } U > ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873). 
Cyctea nive a la ^ a> Chesser, Ibis, 1875, p. 110; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 125 (1875). 
Sir. 
Scully, Str. E. i v . p. 128 (1876). 
v ' r' J -' sc 
^ . nomeyer & Tancrd, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 83. 
' s 'dlai Was "brought alive to Dr. Scully at Kashghar, in December. The Turki name 
Kush ’ (the Noble bird). 
