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with which I am acquainted. It is not B. ignavus nor B. tur- 
comanus, for it is not half the size, and moreover belongs 
to a section of the genus Bubo in which the last joint of the 
toes is unfeathered. It has no “wig” like B. bengalensis or 
B. ascalaphus, and is so much smaller that it could never be 
mistaken for either of these species. 
The nearest approach that I can find to the Muscat Owl is 
in Bubo magellanicus !; for B. capensis is an Owl of a totally 
different type, with large white ovate spots on the wing- 
coverts and on the underparts, whereas B. milesi is narrowly 
barred on the breast and abdomen, with the thighs and leg- 
feathers pale tawny, indistinctly but regularly barred across 
with dusky brown. The accompanying figure gives a good 
idea of the species, which will be seen to be unlike any other 
Palaearctic or Indian Eagle Owl. The measurements of the 
type specimen are as follows:—Total length 18 inches, 
culmen T55, wing 12*7, tail 7, tarsus 2*4. 
Corvus umbrinus, Sundev.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
iii. p. 17. 
No. 49. An adult specimen. 
Oriolus galbula, L.; Sharpe, t. c. p. 191. 
No. 38. An adult female. Also forwarded to the Museum 
from Fao by Mr. Cumming. 
Saxicola picata, Blyth; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 
p. 367. 
No. 5. Two adult females. 
Saxicola Montana, Gould; Seebohm, t. c. p. 384. 
No. 33. Two adults. 
Pycnonotus xanthopygus (Hempr. & Ehr .); Sharpe, Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 135. 
No. 28. Two adult specimens. Muscat will probably be 
found to be about the extreme eastern range of this species, 
which did not occur in Mr. Cumming's Fao collection. 
Argya squamiceps (Cretzschm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. vii. p. 395. 
No. 21. Two adult specimens. It is rather interesting 
