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embraces S. balli and S. rufescens, but on comparison it shows but little similitude to either of those 
species. The tarsus is bare for half its length behind, but the feathers come down on the front almost to 
the junction of the toes. It is not quite so thickly feathered as in S. rufescens , but is more so than in 
S. balli. Neither of the last-named species has the whitish abdomen of Scops lucice, and the rufous 
coloration and rufous eyebrow also distinguish it from them, as well as the curious bristly elongations 
of the shafts of the facial plumage, which have induced me to separate the bird as a distinct genus from 
Scops. 
[I first met with this small Owl in the dark and gloomy forests which occur in large patches at about 
9000 feet on Kina Balu. The male had the iris greenish yellow, the green showing especially round the 
pupil; skin round eye pinkish brown ; bill pale yellow, almost white ; feet dull white and bare. I never 
heard the note of any small Owl during my residence of a month at my camp at 8000 feet, and I only got 
three specimens during my eight months’ residence on the mountain. I only met with it during my 
second expedition, and fancy that it must be rare. 
The circumstances under which this little Owl was procured were quite different from those under 
which I found Scops lempiji. The latter bird is always to be seen in the neighbourhood of villages up to 
about 1000 feet, and its call (‘ Pwok,’ whence the native name) is quite a feature of the localities which 
it frequents. On the other hand, I never heard II. lucice utter a sound.] 
23. Scops lempiji (Horsf.). 
a. c? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 1888. 
1. $ ad. Kina Balu, March 20, 1887. 
c. S a d. Kina Balu, March 20, 1887. 
d. $ ad. Abai, N. Borneo, Feb. 11, 1886. 
[See my note on II. lucice for this Owl, which is a bird of the lower lands. An egg (white ; length 
D45 inch, diam. 1'2 inch) was procured with the old bird on the 20th of March, 1888 ; but as the bird 
had been captured with gutta-percha, its plumage was too much spoiled for it to be preserved. The 
natives often catch birds by means of “ gutta,” which they smear on to a little piece of bamboo. This 
little stick they fix loosely into a long bamboo, and when they see an Owl or any bird which they can 
approach silently they lay the “ gutta ” stick across the back and withdraw the long bamboo. The bird 
opening its wings with a start attaches them at once to the sticky bamboo-twig and is caught. Unfortu¬ 
nately the specimens thus obtained are seldom worth preserving.] 
24. Scops rufescens (Horsf.). 
a. $ ad. Benkoka, Sept. 25, 1885. 
b. S ad. Benkoka, Sept. 25, 1885. 
25. Ninox japonicus (Bp.). 
a. S ad. Lawas River, April 9, 1886. Wing 9'3 inches. 
26. Ninox borneensis (Bp.). 
a. S ad. Benkoka, Oct. 10, 1885. 
b. 6 ad. Benkoka, Oct. 30, 1885. 
c. o ad. Benkoka, Oct. 30, 1885. 
cl. ? ad. Labuan, March 20, 1886. 
[These small Owls are often seen flying about in the early part of the evening, hawking for dragon¬ 
flies. I have shot them with the dragon-flies in their claws.] 
27. Syrnium leptogrammicum (T.). 
[An old male had the iris black and the feet slate-blue. These birds were obtained by my hunters at 
a time when I was ill, so that I know nothing of the habits of the species. It is probably a resident, as the 
young male has still a good deal of the nestling-plumage adhering to the neck, so that it was evidently 
bred in the neighbourhood. I never met with the species on Kina Balu, or, in fact, on any of the high 
lands.] 
