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and rounded, the outermost feathers being about 1 in. shorter 
than the central; the 4th and 5th remiges nearly equal, and 
longest in the wing. Eye about 1 in. in diameter; iris bright 
orange-yellow; skin round the eye broad, and purplish brown. 
Bill pale dingy greenish yellow, blackish on the apical half of the 
upper mandible, but not so at the tip. Inside of mouth pale fleshy 
kingVyellow. Tongue broad, fleshy, and notched at the tip. 
Legs of a dusky yellow, covered with small hexagonal scales, and 
a few broad scutella at the end of the toes; the soles rough, and 
covered with pointed asperities; outer toe reversible ; claws bluish 
black, with pale yellowish bases, not much curved, and very blunt 
from use. Ear oval, -£ in. in length, exposing the internal aperture 
in the half farthest from the eye. Feathery horns not very large 
or prominent. 
The (esophagus starts from the glottis very wide, gradually 
narrowing to in., then for 1|- in. becoming only f in. in width. 
The proventriculus follows (length 1-| in., largest diameter |): 
gizzard 1^ in. long, somewhat conical, thick and hard; inside 
lining thick and yellow, with broad rugae; empty. Caeca situated 
2-k in. from anus; right caecum 4|, left 3L in. in length, both 
bulging at their extremities into large sacs. Intestine in toto 
44 inches long. 
10. Scops-? *. Cantonese, “ Se-chee-ying” 
This pretty Horned Owl was brought to me alive at Canton, 
and, from the bareness of its breast and belly, had evidently been 
caught in the nest. It was very tame, and used to afford amuse¬ 
ment to spectators by the odd way in which it lowered its head, 
swinging to and fro with expanded wing and ruffled feathers, 
while its disproportionately large dark eyes glared at the finger 
pointed towards it, and the bill continually snapped. In the day¬ 
time, when undisturbed, it remained in easy repose; but at night 
it flapped about in its place of confinement, and vainly sought 
hard to force a passage through the bars. 
In the spring of 1859, my friend Mr. Holt, at Foochow, sent 
me two specimens of the same species from that place, but they 
appeared somewhat larger in size than the present one. 
* Probably Scops lempiji (Horsf.), but rather dark in plumage.—P. L. S. 
