Genus BUBO. 
Head and disk much as in the last; bill slightly longer; nostrils more oval; ear-conch 
rather small. Wings moderately short ; 4th and 5th quills subequal and longest, and falling- 
short of the tail by more than the length of the middle toe. Tul moderate, even. Tarsus rather 
short, very stout, and feathered down to the foot. Feet very large ; inner toe subequal with the 
middle one, the outer very short ; inner claw very large and long. 
BUBO NIPALENSIS. 
(THE FOREST EAGLE-OWL.) 
Bubo nipalensis, Hodgs. As. Bes. xix. p. 172; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 37 (1875). 
Huhua nipalensis , Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi. p. 362 ; Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 131 ; Blyth, Ibis, 
18G6, p. 254; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 346; Blyth, Ibis, 1872, p. 89; Hume, Bough Notes, 
p. 378 (1873); id. Str. Feath. 1873, p. 431, and 1874, p. 468. 
Etoglaux nipalensis , Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. p. 28. 
Bubo orientalis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 34 (1849); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 
E. I. Co. no. 80 (in part), p. 72 (1854). 
Ptiloskelos amhersti, Tickell, J. A. S. B. xxviii. (1859) p. 448 ; id. MS. 111. Ind. Orn. vol. ii. 
Huhua pectoralis, Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 416. 
Huhu , Iluhu civil , Nepalese ( apud Hodgson). 
Loko Bakamuna, Sinhalese ; Peria-anda , Tamils in Ceylon. 
Adult female. Length to front of cere 23-0 to 24-0 inches ; culmen from cere 1-7 to 1-9 ; tail 8'3 to 9-5 ; tarsus 2-75 ; 
mid toe 2-0, claw (straight) 1-75 ; height of bill at cere 0-8. Expanse of one with a wing of 17 - 2, 56 inches. 
Male. Wing 15-3 to 17’0 inches. 
The following are individual measurements of a series of seven examples : — 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
Museum or Collection. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
Weight. 
2 • Kalebokka 
18-0 
8-3 
2-75 
T. Butler, Esq., Clapton. 
2 . Haputale 
17-2 
9-5 
2-75 
3-75 lb. 
Norwich. 
2 ?. Kandy district 
17-2 
9-2 
2-50 
Norwich. 
Juv.tf . Kandy district . . 
17-0 
8-5 
2-50 
Colombo. 
cf. Maskeliya 
16-0 
7-4 
2-50 
R. Cobbold, Esq., Ardleigh. 
d ?. Kandy district 
16-2 
8-1 
2-50 
British Museum. 
,S . Kandy district 
15-3 
E. Holdsworth, Esq. 
Iris “ yellowish blown ( Blujh , in epist.) ; bill olivaceous brown ; cere olive ; feet brownish, claws dark brownish horn. 
Forehead, crown, and all above glossy sepia-brown, barred on the head and hind neck with narrow cross rays of 
fulvescent white, and on the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts with broader bars of buify, including a terminal 
band of the same, which, on the longer scapulars and greater wing-coverts, is mottled with brown ; inner webs of 
ear-tufts (which vary from 2-5 to 3'0 inches in length) barred with buff- white ; outer webs of the lateral scapulars 
buff, the inner barred with mottled bands of a paler hue; outer webs of the anterior wing-coverts conspicuously 
banded with buff ; primary-coverts crossed with pale mottled bars, duskier on the inner webs ; primaries and 
