A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c62.155

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³¹⁶ *Bubo bubo*, the great horned owl. See on *Bubo bubo bengalensis* (Franklin), the Indian great horned or eagle-owl: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 273–275. K.N. Dave (1985: 179–180) regards pecaka as a name probably designating the brown fish owl and the Indian great horned owl; the Indian brown hawk-owl is also one of the owls called pecaka. See on *Bubo zeylonensis leschenault* (Temminck), the brown fish owl: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 280–282, on *Ninox scutulata lugubris* (Tickell), the Indian brown hawk-owl: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 292–294.