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Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 
98. Ath. castanoptera. (PL Col. 98.) 
Syn. Striae castanoptera, Horsfield. Str. spadicea, Reinwardt. 
Ath. castanotus, Blyth. 
Hab. Ceylon ; Tenasserim (Heifer); Malayan peninsula (?) ; 
Java. 
99. Ath. brama. (PI. Col. 68.) 
Syn. Strix brama, Temminck. Noctua indica, Franklin. N. 
tarayensis, Hodgson. “Athene indica, Gould,” Chesney's Ex¬ 
pedition, i. p. 362. 
Hab. Most parts of India, from the Punjab to Burmah and 
Ceylon; Persia; W. Asia; Assam; Sylhet: never ascends into 
the hills. 
100. Ath. noctua. (PI. Enl. 439 ; Gould, B. E. pi. 48.) 
Syn. Strix noctua, Retzius, Faun. Suec. p. 85. Str. nudipes, 
Nilsson. Str. passerina, Lath. & Temm. Ath. bactriana, Blyth, 
J. A. S. xvi. p. 761. Ath. gymnopus , Hodgson*. Noctua 
glaux, Savigny. Str. persica (?), Vieillot [vide Rev. Zook 1849, 
p. 18). 
Hab. Europe; N. Africa, W. Asia; Afghanistan; rare in 
Himalaya f. 
Genus T^enioptynx, Kaup. 
101. T. BRODII. 
Syn. Noctua brodiei, Burton. N. tubiger, Hodgson. 
Hab. Himalaya (common). 
Genus Ninox, Hodgson. 
102. N. scutellatus. (PI. Col. 289.) 
Syn. Strix scutellata, Raffles. Str. hirsuta, Temminck. Str. 
* This species wants seeing to. There would seem to be two— A. 
bactriana , nobis (= noctua v. nudipes ? = meridionalis'l), and A. gym- 
nopus, Hodgson ( vide Bp. in Comptes Rendus, xli. (1855) p. 653). 
4 Himalayan specimens require to be compared with Ath. meridionalis, 
Brehm, the true “ Bird of Minerva.” Str. sonneratii, Temm. (PL Col. 21), 
is stated to be from Pondichery; but no such bird appears to inhabit 
India properly so called. It appertains to the genus Athene. 
