32 Bangs An Owl, Rhinoptynx Clamator (Vieill.) 



Ridgway in 1875 gave it as his opinion that the bird was " a 

 typical Bubo, although usually referred to the genus Otus." 

 Salvin and Godman, in Biologia Centrali- Americana, refer to 

 Ridgway's remarks, but again place the species in the genus 

 Asio. 



Rhinoptynx clamator certainly bears a strong superficial like 

 ness to the -long-eared owls, and the character of its plumage is 

 the same, and not like that of the great horned owls. Otherwise 

 it is very different, having very short wings and large feet, and 

 while Ridgway may be right in considering it a " typical Bubo," 

 its general unlikeness to the great horned owls has induced me 

 to follow Kaup in placing it in a genus by itself. 



