HAND-LIST or THE “WEDS OF INDIA.” 
BY 
E. C. Stuart Baker, f.l.s., f.z.s., m.b.o.u 
Part VI. 
{Continued from page 333 of this Volume.) 
ORDER STRIGES. 
1535 . (1152) 
Family Strigid/E. 
*Tyto alba javanica. The Indian Barn-Owl. 
Strix javanica Gmel., S.N., i., p. 295 (1788), (Java). 
The whole of India, Ceylon, Burma to Java, 
1536 . (1152) 
Tyto alba deroepstorffi. The Andaman Barn-Owl. 
Strix dercepstorffi Hume, S.F., in., p. 390 (1875), 
{Andamans). 
Andamans. 
>537. (1153) 
Tyto Candida. The Grass-Owl. 
Strix Candida Tickell, J.A.S.B., ii., p. 572 (1883), 
{Borabhum). 
The greater part of India except the W. and N. W. 
Ea.st to Formosa, etc. 
1538 . (1154:) Photodilus badius badius. The Bay Owl. 
Strix badia Horsf., Bes. Java., pi. 37 (1824), [Java 
1539 . (1155) 
Eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Assam, Burma to 
Java and Borneo. 
Photodilus badius assimilis. The Ceylon Bay Old. 
Phodilus assimilis Hume, S.F., ?., p. 429 (1873), {Ceylon). 
Ceylon only. 
1540 . (1156) 
Asio otus otus. The Long-eared Owl. 
Strix otus Linn., 8ys. Nat., 1, p. 92 (1758), {Sweden). 
Practically all Euroire and Asia. 
1541 . (1157) 
Asio flammeus flammeus. The Short-eared Owl. 
Strix fiammca Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, i., p. 617, xxv. 
(1763), {Denmxirk). 
Practically all Eurojx*, N. Africa, N. America and most 
of Asia. 
*The generic term Strix was first applied to birds of another genus (the Tawny 
Owls) and not to the Barn-Owls. Tyto of Billberg, 1828 is the next name available 
for this genus and Strix must replace Syrnium of Savigny for the Tawnj'-Owls or 
Wood-Owls. 
