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coverts deepening into rather deep tawny externally with black mottlings 

 along the outer web and tip and a whitish shaft spot terminally and with 

 indications of interrupted black bars along the shaft; flight feathers 

 ochraceous-buff on the outer web and along the shaft, white internally, 

 the ochraceous-buff deeper on the primaries and lighter on the second- 

 aries, with minute black fleckings on the outer web and tip, and with 

 interrupted black bars along the shaft; under wing-coverts white with a 

 few small black spots; tail ochraceous-buff with irregular black bars and 

 black fleckings towards the tip, the inner webs of all the tail feathers, 

 except the middle pair, mostly white, the outer feathers entirely white 

 without bars, the two distally only indicated by small black spots along 

 the shaft and with a few obscure fleckings near the tip; face white, with 

 a slight vinaceous tinge, this latter color deepening into liver brown 

 just above the eye, forming a prominent mark ; the feathers of the ruft' 

 white tipped with tawny or tawny ochraceous and from just forwards of 

 the eye around under the chin terminally edged with black; the lower 

 jugulum, breast, and sides ochraceous-buff, witli minute black dots which 

 also extend upon the upper abdomen; remaining underparts white; 

 thighs light ochraceous-bufl' externally, white internally. ^Ving, :'>24; 

 tail, 135; culmen from cere, 22; tarsus, 74; middle toe, 40 mm. 



Remarks. — The type differs from the other Bahaman specimens before 

 me in being much deeper colored above, the ochraceous-bufl' on the 

 breast, and in some other particulars, which on account of the great 

 variation in birds of this genus are not worth mentioning. From Tyto 

 pertains pratincota the Bahaman bird does not seem to differ much in 

 size. The average in millimetres of a small series is given below : 



