MONOGRAPH OF THE 0 W LS - JS TR IGIDjE 
12. S. asio , G. Gray; Str. asio , Linn.; ncevia, G mel. ; albifrons, 
Lath. ; lineatus et striatus , Yieill. — General plumage greyish or 
rusty red ; toes feathered ; wings 160 ; tail 76 mm. long. N. 
America. 
13. 8. braziliensis , Bp. ; brazHiana , Gmel. ; choliba , Yieill. ; cruci- 
gera et undulata, Spix. ; decussata, Licht. ; Sc. portoricensis, Less. ; 
Spix. 9 and 10 ; 0 des Murs. pi. — The cape very dark brown and 
rusty-red, banded and spotted; toes naked; wings 155; tail 85 mm. 
long. Brazil . 
14. S. atricapillus , Cuv. ; Str. atricapilla , Natterer, Temm. PI. 
Col. 145. — With crown of the head black, and pointed feather-horns ; 
wings 177 ; tail 87 mm. long. Brazil. 
Like these last species or subspecies, the Indian species are also 
so intimately connected, that it is very difficult to make out the 
distinctions. 
15. S. lempiji , Bp. ; Str. lempiji , Horsf. ; Str. noctula, Reinw., 
PI. Col. 99; Sc. javanicus, Less. — A little stronger and larger, than 
S. epliialtes , two neck bands of rusty-yellow ; wings 137-145 ; tail 
69-73 mm. long. 
16. S. semitorques , Bp.; Otus semitorques , Sclil. Fauna, Jap. t. 8. 
— It is larger, and the difference consists in the feathers on the toes, 
reaching to the scales of the claws ; wings 179 ; middle toe without 
claw, 21 mm. long. It differs like asio from braziliensis in the 
feathered toes, and also like asio , lives in a colder climate; S. 
braziliensis and S. lempiji inhabit the Torrid Zone. 
17. S. manadensis , Quoy and Gaim., Astr. pi. ii. 2. — Yery near 
to lempiji and of the same size, but wants the two neck collars ; 
wings 142-148 ; tail 67-70 mm. long. Celebes. 
II. Genus OTUS, Cuv. 
The ear orifice like the gill of a fish, reaching from the top of the 
head to the lower jaws ; they are asymmetric ; very clear veil, and 
more or less distinct feather-horns. 
a. Subgenus Pseudoscops. —With smaller ear orifice without 
operculum ; larger and projected bill ; wing short ; first quill as 
