250 AVES. 



and 3. Back brown, sprinkled with white spots; underneath 

 paler, with larger Avhite spots ; four white lines across the tail ; 

 lives in the woods. The Str. passerina, Meyer and Wolf, is its 

 female. 

 The greater number, however, of these small species have only a 

 few scattered hairs on the toes, such as 



Str. passerina, Gm,; Str. pygmosa, Bechst. Enl. 439; Naum. 



48, 1. Somewhat smaller than the preceding, but with nearly 



the same plumage. The tail a little shorter, and with five larger 



pale bars : it lives in old walls. There, are several closely allied 



species in America, the Indies, Scc.(l) 



Some of these naked-toed Nocture are nearly as large as the Hu- 



lotte. Cayenne produces several beautiful species, and particularly 



the three following: 



Str. cayemiensis, Gm. ; Enl. 442. A fawn-coloured ground, 

 irregularly, transversely, and finely striped with brown. 



Str. lineata. Sh.; the Huhid, Vaill. Afr. XLI.; Str. lineata, Sh.; 

 Str. albomarginata, Spix, X, a. Transversely striped with white 

 on a black ground; four white lines on the tail. So little does 

 it fear the light, that it is styled the Diurnal Chouette. The 

 size of these two species is that of the common Chouette of 

 France. 



Str. torquata, Daud.; Vaill. Afr. XLII. Brown above; whitish 



beneath; circumference of the eyes and a band on the breast, 



brown. It is larger than the Chat-huant, and is the Nacurutu 



rvithout tufts of Azzara. 



There are others again in America, whose tarsi are naked as well 



as their toes, the Cheveche nudipede hi' instance Str. nudipes^ Daud. 



Vieill. Amer. XVI. Finally, we have 



Scops, Savigny, 



Which, in addition to the prominent ears, imperfect disk and 



naked toes of the preceding, have tufts similar to those of a Bubo. 



There is one of them in France, Str. scops, Enl. 436; Naura. 



43, 3, hardly as large as a Thrush, with cinereous plumage, 



more or less shaded with fawn colour; prettily variegated with 



little narrow black streaks, and v.'ith transverse vermicular grey 



(1) Str. brama, T. Col. 68, which scarcely differs from the passerina. Sir. 

 Sonnerafi, Col. I. Str. urucurea, Id. of which the Str. grallaria. Id. Col. 136, is 

 the female. Str. ca.'itanoptcra, Hoff. or Str. spadicea, Keinw. Col. '98. Str.pumila, 

 Illig. or cabouri of Azz. Col. 39, of whicli t!)e Str. pa^serinoides, Col. 344, is pro- 

 bably the ma\e. Str. ferruginea, Pr. Mux. Col. VJ9. Str. hirsuta, T. Col. 289. 

 Str. occipitalis. The Str. maugci, Col. 46, is already tolerably large. 



