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64. Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.) ; S. N. i. p. 257. no. 43 
(1788). 
“Macpherson Straits, S. Andaman, March 5: bill dark 
slate; legs dirty white; iris yellowish grey 1 9 
A young male in first plumage. 
65. Scops modestus, Walden, Ann. N. H. (4) xiii. p. 123, 
“Port Blair, S. Andaman^ (Feb. 1874). 
Distinguishable from all the other described Asiatic species 
of the genus by its sober colours and plain markings, and, 
with the exception of Scops mantis , by its diminutive size. 
66. Ninox obscurus. (Plate IV.) 
Ninox obscurus, Hume, Str. Feath. i. p. 11, “Nicobars, 
near Camorta^ (Nov. 1872); Ball, tom. cit. p. 55 (Feb. 
1873). 
Ninox , sp. ? Ball, J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 240, “ Port Mouat.” 
“ South Andaman, 6 , March 1: iris bright yellow; legs 
pale yellow; maxilla dark brown; culmen and mandible 
greenish slate/'’ 
The fourth primary in this example slightly exceeds the 
third and is the longest; the third exceeds the fifth. Dimen¬ 
sions in the flesh: total length 11*10 inches; wing *9; tail 
5*15. The stiff bristles which arm the sides of the toes are 
dark brown. 
67. Ninox apfinis. (Plate Y.) 
Ninox affinis, Tytler: Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 316. no. 10, 
“Aberdeen Point, Port BlairHume, Scrap Book, p. 421 
(1869). 
? Athene hirsuta (Temm.), v. Pelzeln, Novara Exp. Aves, 
p. 26, “Kondul Island, Nicobars” (1865). 
? Ninox hirsuta (Temm.), Ball, Str. Feath. i. p. 54. no. 10, 
“Nicobars” (Feb. 1873). 
“Port Blair, S. Andaman: <$, May 31, colour of eye pale 
blue (?), feet pale yellow; d, July 17; $, Aug. 8.” (Wim- 
berley.) 
Readily distinguishable from N. hirsutus of Ceylon, India, 
and Burma, and the smaller race, N. malaccensis, of the Malay 
peninsula by its much inferior dimensions, the more cine- 
