7. Strix na^via, Gm. Pennsylvania, from Mr. Cassin's col- 

 lection. 

 S. the same, North America, from the Rivoli collection. 

 9. the same, female, near Pliiladclphia. 

 10. the same, female, Pennsylvania. 



10. EPHiALTKS CHOLiBA, (Vieill.) Spix. Jlv. Jivas. Jives, pi. 9. Des 



.Mum, PL peint. {Icon. Orn.) pi. 26. 

 Strix choliba, Vieilloi. ..Yoj/r. Did. vii. p. 39. 

 Strix crucigera et undulata, Spix. ^Iv. Bins. pi. 9, 10. 

 Strix decussata, Lichtensiein. Cat. Dup. Jicrl. Mus. p. 59. 

 Scops portoricensis, Lesson. Tr. iVOrn. i. p. 107. 

 Strix tolchiquatli, Gm. Syst..Kat.i. p. 296 ? Azara Voy. iii. 



p. 126. 



1,2, 3,4. Adult, South America, from the Rivoli collection. 

 5, 6. Brazil, from the same. 



7. young, Cayenne. 



8. young, South America. 



11. EPHiALTES WATSONii, Cassin. Proc. Acad. J^^at. Sri. Philnda. iv. 



p. 123, (Dec. 1848.) 



1. Rio Orinoco, South America, from the Rivoli col- 



lection. 



2. South America. 



3. Surinam. Presented by C. Horing, M. D. 



12. EPiiiALTES ATRicAPiLLA, (Natt.) Temm. PI. col. 14.5. 



Strix atricapilla, JVatterer. {ubi?) Temm. PL col. ii. p. (liv. 25.) 



1. nearly adult, Mexico, from Mr. W. S. Pease's col- 

 lection. 



13. EPIIIALTES NUDiPES, (Vieill.) Ois. Am. Sept. pi. 22^ 



Strix nudipes, Vieillot ? 



1,2. Bogota, from the Rivoli collection. 



III. Subfamily NYCTEININ.l^. 

 1. Genus NYCTE A, Stephens. 



1. NYCTEA NiVEA, (Daud.) Aud . B. of Am. pi. 121. Selhy, Brit. Orn. 



pi. 23. 

 Strix nivea, Duudin. Traits d'Orn. ii. p. 190. Favn. Franc. 



Verteb. pi. 23. 

 Strix nyctea, Linn. Syst. JVat. i. p. 132. Fau. Sue. p. 25. 

 Strix Candida, Lnt/i. Ind. Orn. Supp. 

 Strix erminea, SImw. Gen. ZooL vii. p. 251. 

 Nyctea erminea et cinerea, Stephens. 

 Strix wapacuthu, ViciU. Fauna Bor. Am. Birds, p. 99 ' 

 Strix arrticus, Bnrlrnm. Trav. p. 289. 



