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under wing, while in the former there appears whitish brown; 
fourth quill longest, first 4*3 inches shorter than it; first four 
quills pointed at tip and narrowed. The light bands on the 
basal half of the quills give place to more or less white on the 
inner webs, which extends more towards the tips on the tertials. 
This white shows through, and gives the whiteness to the under¬ 
wing. The plumage in this stage is very Osprey-like, especially 
so in the aspect of the head. The Chinese insist upon its being 
a large kind of He-pew (Fish Tiger), their name for the common 
Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ■).” 
“ Scops japonicuSj Schlegel. Procured at Tamsuy, 29 March, 
1864. This is the peculiar rufous form, known from India as 
the Scops sunia , Hodgs. Wing 5*8 inches; four first quills 
somewhat indented on inner web, fifth the longest; tail of 
twelve soft feathers, 3*5 inches long. 
u A.mpelis phcenicoptera (Temminck), £. Shot at Tamsuy, 
17 April, 1864. Length 7*5 inches; wing 4*3; first quill 
slightly shorter than the second, which is the longest in the wing; 
tail of twelve feathers, nearly equal, 2*4 inches in length. Bill 
black. Iris blood-red. Inside of mouth flesh-coloured, slightly 
ochreous. Mouth broad; tongue rather broadly sagittate, bifid 
at the tip. The black runs round the bill, and passes the eye in a 
broad facial band, borders the conical crest, and makes a large 
spot on the chin. Feathers at base of lower mandible at their 
roots white, their tips burnt-sienna; they form a broad side- 
fringe to the black chin-spot. Forehead also burnt-sienna, 
blending into the light hue of the crest. Legs and claws black, 
flesh-coloured on their sides. Proved to be a female by dissec¬ 
tion ; very thin; a few seeds of a species of Rubus in its 
gizzard. 
<c Ninox japonicus (Schlegel), ?. Shot at Tamsuy, 17 April, 
1864. Length 108 inches; wing 8*5 ; first quill 1*5 shorter 
than the second, which is *7 shorter than the third, which is *1 
shorter than the fourth, the longest in the wing; first four 
quills deeply indented on edge of inner web; tail of twelve 
feathers, slightly graduated, 4*4 inches? the outer ones being 
about 2*5 inches shorter than the middle ones. Bill blackish, 
with the culmen and greater part of lower mandible light green- 
