Mr. R. Swinhoe’s Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 433 
brought back another male Ninos?. This also had some¬ 
what small testes, as if not ready yet for breeding. Its 
stomach contained the remains of insects, together with whole 
undigested eggs of Cimicidce. 
On the 15th October Mr. Campbell sent me a female. It 
is larger than the male; the spots on its underparts more 
expanded and running into one another, and its tibials and 
belly banded. They were now bound on the southward 
migration. 
The northern race of Brown Hairy-footed Owl, is certainly 
much larger than specimens I procured near Amoy and in 
Ningpo and in Hainan. They are deeper-coloured and less 
rufescent; but the differences are too slight to be considered 
specific. It is curious that in a migratory species such dif¬ 
ferences should occur. 
11. Great Horned Owl. Bubo maximus. 
Three downy young of this fine Owl were brought to me on 
the 3rd of May. They all came from the same nest. Their 
eyes were much smaller than in the adult, with iris compara¬ 
tively narrower and pupil larger. Bare tips of toes lemon- 
yellow, soles yellowish. I have an adult female from Chefoo. 
It is much paler than specimens from Amoy, though otherwise 
similar. It breeds also in the neighbourhood of Amoy; for 
many years ago, when domiciled in that southern port, a couple 
of downy young were brought to me that had been taken from 
a nest somewhere in the neighbourhood. 
12. Small Horned Owl. Scops sunia , Hodgs. 
The first I saw of this species was a female sent by Mr. 
Campbell from Lighthouse Island on the 25th September. 
It was 7§ inches long; wing 5*65, ’7 longer than the tertiaries, 
*7 short of tail tip, first quill 1 shorter than the third and 
longest, second ’25 shorter than third. Tail soft and hogged, 
2*5 long. Iris golden yellow. Bill yellowish grey; inside of 
mouth flesh-colour. Bare toes brownish grey, hoary on the 
scutes, joints, and soles; claws light yellowish brown. Dis¬ 
section displayed a small cluster of eggs, and its stomach the 
remains of beetles and caterpillars. 
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