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1559 . (1171) Huhua orientalis. The Malay Eagle-Owl. 
Strix orientalis /7ors/., Trans. L.S., xiii., p. 140 (18211. 
{Java). 
S. Tenna<^serim, Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java and 
• Borneo. 
1560. (1172) Nyctea nyctea. The Snowy Old. 
Strix nyctea Linn., S.N., i., p. 93 (1858), {Sweden). 
Mardan, N.W. Punjab. Northern Europe and Asia. 
1561. (1173) Otus scops pulchellus. The Eastern Scops Owl. 
Stryx pulchella Pall., Reise Prov. Russ. Reich., i., p. 456 
(1871), {Volga). 
S. Eastern Rir'sia, straggler into N.W. India. 
1562. Otus scops sunia. The Indian Scops Owl. 
Scops sunia Hodg., As. Res., p. 175 (1836), {NepaO. 
North and Central India. 
• 5 ^ 3 . Otus scops rufipennis. The Southern Indian Scops 
Owl. 
Scops rufipennis Sharpe, Cat. B.M., ii., p. 60 (1875), 
{Madras). 
Southern India. 
I 56 J. Otus scops nicobarica. The Nicobar Scop>s Owl. 
Ephialtes nicobaricus Hume, S.F., iv., p. 283 (1877), 
{Nicobar s). 
Nicobars. 
1 565. Otus scops minutus. The Ceylon Scops Owl. 
Scops minutus Legge, A.M.N.H., (5), i., p. 175, (1878), 
{Ceylon). 
Ceylon only. 
’566. (II 741 Otus brucei. The Striated Scops Owl. 
Ephialtes brucei Hume, S.F., i., p. 8 (1873), {Bombay). 
West Turkestan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Kashmir, 
S. to Bombay. 
1567 (1175) Otus spilocephalus. The Spotted Himalayan Scops 
Owl. 
Ephialtes spilocephalus J.A.S.B., xv., p. 8 (1846), 
{Darjiling). 
Himalayas, MuiTee to E. Assam, N. and Central Burma. 
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