S8 NOVITATES ZoOLOaiCAE XXV. 1918. 



*196. Cucolus canorus minor Brehm = Cuculus canorus minor. 



Cuculus mnorus minor A. E. Brehm, Allrj. D. Naturh. Zeit. 18.^7. p. 444. (Pro))ably not published 

 before 185S — " Nord — -und Mittelspanien ").* 



Type : $ ad., Enguera, province of Valencia, 12. vii. 1856. A. E. Brehm leg. 



No type was marked, but this ? may, I think, be looked upon as the type. 

 While C. c. minor is the form which inhabits Spain and N.W, Africa in summer 

 and propagates there, Cuculus canorus canorus passes through on migration in 

 autumn and spring. 



,„„ r Cuculus macrourus Brehm i /,,,,, 

 i^'-i/ii,. . T., = Clainator qlanaar 



lOxylophus minor Brehm / 



lus. 



Cuculus macrourus Brehm, Beitr. z. Vojelk. i. p. 494 (1820— Near Lubben in the Spreetal).t 

 Oxylophus minor Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 53 (1835 — New name for Cuculus macrourus). 



Type: ? ad., Liibben a.d. Spree, Nieder-Lausitz, August 1813. First 

 specimen ever obtained in Germany. 



198. Colaptes ferrugineus Brehm = Microptermis brachyurus hrachyurus. 



Colaptes ferrugineus Brehm, Allg. D. Naturh. Zeil. 185fl. p. 464 (Java). 



Type " $ Java." (Probably from Boie.) 



199. Scops minor Brehm = Otus scops scops. 



Scops minor Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 43 (1855 — Karnthen and Dalmatien). 



Type: <? ad., " Zauehen in Karnthen," 10. v. 1836. (There may be a 

 "Zauohen " in Carinthia, but I can only find Zauehen in Styria). 



200. Scops rupestris Brehm = Otu.s scops scops. 



Scops rupestris Brelim, Vojdfang. p. 43 (1855 — Italy). 



Type : ? ad., caught at nest, Pisa, 20. vi. 1829. 



201. Scops rufescens Brehm = Otus scops scops. 



Scops rufescens Brehm, Vogeljanj. p. 43 (South Fr.ance). 



Type : ? ad.. South France. 



A strongly rufescent specimen ; such strongly developed erythrisms are 

 rare among 0. scops. 



202. Scops pygmea Brehm = Otus senegalensis senegalensis. 



Scnps pygmea Brehm, Vogelfanj, p. 43 (1855 — " Im Winter in Nordostafrika "). 



Type : S ad., Sennaar, 10. i. 1851. A. E. Brehm leg. 



In Vog. pal. Fauna, ii. p. 982, I called this bird Otus capensis senegalensis. 

 and quoted for Scops capensis " Smith, S. Ajr. Quart. Journ., 2nd ser. no. 4. 

 part. i. p. 316. 1834," but it should have been 314, not 316. .Moreover, now 

 that these little owls are called Otus, the specific name must be senegalensis, 



' What is Cuculus brachjrhynchoa Brehra, Allg. D. Naturh. Zeit. 1856. p. 457 (Japon, from 

 Tileaius) ? It must, I think, ho C. catiorus telcphonua or C. optatus. Type not in the collection, 

 t This is the first appearmice of the name. See aiao Lehrb. Naturg. alter etir. Fdy. i. p. 128 (1823). 



