STRIGINiE. 
unequal, the outer shorter than the inner ; and all covered with scales : the claws long, very strong, and 
slightly curved. 
The type of this genus is found in Java and the northern parts of the continent of India. In the former place J* 
resides, says Dr. Horsfield, in the closest forests, which are the usual resort of the tiger. The natives even assert that 
the bird has no dread to alight on the tiger’s back. 
P. badius (Horsf.) I. Geoffr. Zool. Res. in Java, pi. 
November, 1845. 
3 B 
