Genus NINOX. 
Head small, with the disk almost obsolete. Bill short, cere tumid. Nostrils oval, and near 
the anterior margin. Wings long and pointed, the 1st quill falling short of the 3rd 5 , which is 
the longest, by more than the length of the tarsus. Tail moderately long. Tarsus stout, slightly 
longer than the anterior toe, scantily feathered to the base of the foot. Toes covered with hairy 
plumes to the tips, which are covered with one or two transverse scales. 
NIN OX SCUTULATA. 
(THE BROWN HAWK-OWL.) 
Strix scutulata, Raffl. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 280 (1822). 
Strix hirsuta, Temm. PI. Col. i. pi. 289 (1824). 
Athene malaccensis, Eyton, Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. p. 228. 
Athene scutulata. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 35 (1844);' Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. n. 118 (1859). 
Horaf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 68 (1854). ' 
Athene scutellata, Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1853, xii. p. 106. 
Mnox scutulatus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 38 (1849); Jerdon, B. of Ind. i. p. 147 
(1862, in pt.) ; Hume, Rough Notes, p. 420 (1870) ; Armstrong, Str. Feath. 1876, p. 303. 
Athene hirsuta , Bp. Consp. i. p. 41. 
Mnox hirsutus , Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 543 ; Hume, Str. Feath. 1874, p. 151 • 
id. 1875, p. 40. 
Ninox hirsuta, Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 418; Ball, Str. Feath. 1874, pp. 333 & 383; 
Bligh, J. A. S. (Ceylon Br.), 1874, p. 66; Legge, Ibis, 1875, p. 279; id. Str. Feath. 
1875, p. 368. 
Ninox scutulata, Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 156 (1875); Hume, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 285. 
Ninox scutellata, Inglis & Hume, Str. Feath. 1876, p. 373. 
The Brown Wood-Owl, Tickell, J. A. S. B. ; The Hairy Owl, G. R. Gray. 
Ohoghad besra. Hind.; Kulpechak, Beng., lit. “Death-Owl;” Paini ganti vestam, Tel.; 
TangJa perchiolc, Lepch. (Jerdon); Kheng-Boop, Amman; Baja wali, Malacca (ITorsf.). 
Bassa, Punchi-Bassa , Sinhalese ; Anda, Tamils in Ceylon. 
MU ' tarsus To(oli' t0 fr ° nt ° f Cere 9 ‘ 8 to 10-3 inehes 5 culmen from cere 0-55 ; wiug 7'5 to 8-3 ; tail 4-5 : 
tarsus 1 0 to 1-1 ; middle or outer anterior toe 1-1, its claw (straight) 0‘53 ; height of bill at cere 0-27 
Th6 , Th ® average length of wing is about 7* ; one 
dimension. 8 °’ d nother of a P air m the Poole collection 8'3, quite an abnormal 
Ir “ Sb]«t^r“w “““ bl ” r th ° * ite *» —1.. tip aud the lotvet 
Wufsh at thebase “ J ’ Soles ncher yellow than the upper surface of the toes; claws blackish. 
Ab0 "n™ chocolate - brown - ^e hue of the head, back, and sides of neck darker than the rest and pervaded with a 
cinereous tint; lower scapulars greater wing-coverts, and rump slightly paler than the back ; the outer scapulars 
marked with a largish concealed white patch, chiefly on the outer webs of the feathers; the tertials barred on 
