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forming distinct superciliary ruffs or shields which extend from the gape along the 
sides of the crown to the occiput, where they terminate in tufts of elongated feathers, 
erectile in life and precisely similar in form and position to the ear-tufts of a Scops- 
Owl. The superciliary shields, as well as the feathers along the maxillary line and 
many of the auriculars, are tipped with a fringe of delicate, black, hair-like bristles of 
varying length, the longest extending about 0°3 inch beyond the ends of the feathers. 
These bristles are the elongated shafts of feathers and a few barbs without their 
barbules, 
The tarsi are not quite naked as Mr. Brewster states, as the extreme proximal end 
in front has small feathers, much as in Phalenoptilus. . 
The only known species is 0. macleodt, the range of which is given below. 
1. Otophanes macleodi. 
Otophanes macleodi, Brewster, Auk, v. p. 897; viii. p- 820, t. 1°; Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
Xvi. p. 581°. 
Rufo-brunneus, fulvo minute irroratus ; verticis lateribus, genis et gula grisescentioribus ; cervice postica fulvo 
et brunneo transfasciata ; scapularibus maculis magnis saturate brunneis griseo limbatis, tectricibus alarum 
maculis albis brunneo marginatis ornatis: subtus fascia gutturali transversa alba, abdomine maculis 
quibusdam albis notata ; alis nigricantibus fulvo transfasciatis; cauda nigricante indistincte fasciata, 
rectricibus externis albo anguste terminatis. Long. tota circa 8°5, ale 5:1, caude 4:1, tarsi 0°63, dig. 
med. cum. ungue 0°85. (Descr. maris ex Hacienda de San Marcos, Zapotlan, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 
Q mari similis, sed (ut videtur) omnino rufescentior. 
Hab. Mexico, Sierra Madre of Chihuahua (McLeod), Hacienda de San Marcos near 
Zapotlan in Jalisco (W. Lloyd *). 
The first specimen of this curious bird was obtained by Mr. R. R. Macleod in 
December 1884, and passing into Mr. Brewster's collection was described by him in 
1888. Mr. McLeod omitted to record the exact locality where the specimen was 
obtained, as the bird was brought to him alive by a Mexican boy when staying in the 
State of Chihuahua. Mr. Brewster considers that El Carmen was most likely the 
‘place where the bird was captured, or perhaps Durasno. It was kept in a cage for 
‘two weeks, during which time it refused food, which had to be forced upon it. It 
moved the ear-tufts precisely as an Owl does, erecting them when approached or 
startled by any sudden noise, allowing them to drop back on the crown when it thought 
itself alone and safe. Mr. Brewster’s specimen is a female, and was carefully figured 
by Mr. Ridgway in the volume of the ‘ Auk’ for 1891. 
The only specimen we have received from Mexico was shot by Mr. William Lloyd 
when staying at the hacienda of San Marcos near Zapotlan in the State of Jalisco, and 
therefore a long way from Mr. McLeod’s locality. .Our specimen isa male and is in 
much greyer plumage than the female type, as represented in the figure, but there can 
be no doubt that the two birds belong to the same species. 
