. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 2. 8C0T0PELIA. 9 tail-coverts deep tawny, varied with broad brown centres to the feathers, and with rounded spots of pale fulvous on both webs; tail fulvous brown, tipped with fulvous and crossed with two complete bands of light ta^\Tiy and an indication of a third basal one; sides of face pale tawny, the cheeks varied with whitish shaft-lines; sides of neck and under surface of body tawn}', with long and rather narrow streaks of black, the lower throat mottled with white bases to the feathers, causing an inconspicuous patch ; under wing-coverts
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 2. 8C0T0PELIA. 9 tail-coverts deep tawny, varied with broad brown centres to the feathers, and with rounded spots of pale fulvous on both webs; tail fulvous brown, tipped with fulvous and crossed with two complete bands of light ta^\Tiy and an indication of a third basal one; sides of face pale tawny, the cheeks varied with whitish shaft-lines; sides of neck and under surface of body tawn}', with long and rather narrow streaks of black, the lower throat mottled with white bases to the feathers, causing an inconspicuous patch ; under wing-coverts tawny, the least ones narrowly streaked Mith black, the outer ones broadly and longitudinally spotted; lower series unifonn ashy brown; wing-lining ashy brown, barred with yellowish white; iris yellow. Total length 20 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 13-1, tail 6-5, tarsus 2-45, auricular tufts 2. Yoimr/. Plumage more fluffy than in adult, and dark brownish tawny above and below, the streaks dusky brown and rather dull; tail with three complete bands of tawny fulvous. Hab. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malayan peninsula north- wards to Aracan. Hon. East-India Co. [P. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C Purchased. A. E. WaUace, Esq. [C] J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. Purchased. Purchased. a. Ad. St. Java. b. cJ ad. sk. E. Java. c. cJ ad. sk. Malacca. d. Juv. sk. Malacca. e. 2 jii'^- ®^i- Sarawak. /. Ad. sk. Borneo. ff. Skeleton. h. Skeleton (\^ •ithout sk till). 2. SCOTOPELIA. Type. Scotopelia, £p. Cansp. i. p. 44 (18-50) S. peli, Megapelia, Kaup (teste G. R. Gra>/) S. peli. Scotoglaux, Heine, O. 18G0, p. 196 S. Leg of Scotopelia ussheri, to show spicules on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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