1 88 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Strixflcimmea var. fratincola Bd. Bwr. & Rid(;w. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 



p. 13, III (1874).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 125 (1S80). 

 Strixjlammea pratincola Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (1S85). 



This form occurs in the Bahama Ishinds. 

 Strix glaucops Kaup. 



Athene dominicensis B?. Consp. I, p. 38 (1S50). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 



231. 

 Strix glaucops ''Kkvp, Contr. Orn. p. 118 (1852)"; ib. Tr. Z. S. IV, p. 



246. — Pelz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 23. — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, 



p. 117 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (18S5). 

 Strix (^Athene) dominicensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 90 



(1867). 

 Strix flammea Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 292 (1875). 

 Strix dominicensis CoKY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, p. 95 (1883). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above dark brown, shading into 

 orange-rufous on the side of the neck; quills showing inner webs 

 brownish; outer webs dull orange-rufous, banded xvith brown ; entire 

 underparts pale orange-rufous, mottled with zigzag marking 6{ light 

 brown, whitening somewhat on the throat and abdomen ; face deep 

 gray; an ante-orbital spot of black; circle of feathers around the 

 face dark chestnut, bordered with black on the throat; tarsus not 

 feathered to the feet. 



The sexes are apparently similar. 

 Length, 13.50; wing, 10; tail, 4.60; tarsus, 3.45. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Genus Pseudoscops Kaup. 



Pseudoscops Kaup, Isis, 1848, p. 769. 



Pseudoscops grammicus (Gosse). 



Ephialtes grammicus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 19 (1847). 



Pseudoscops grammicus Kaup, Isis, 1848, p. 769. — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 



80. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 51 



(1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 116 (1873). — A. & E. 



Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 110(1881). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 



21 (18S5). 

 Scops grammicus Bp. Consp. I, p. 46 (1850). — Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 205. 

 Asio grammicus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 242 (1875). 



'■'■Adult fetnale. General colour above sandy-buif, transversely 

 vermiculatcd with dark brown, more distinctly on the back and 

 scapular feathers, some of which are mesially streaked with dark 



