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CATALOGUE OF MEXICAN ANIMALS. 



[Two fine adults, a male from Ohietla (June, 1884) and a female from 

 Pnebla (July, 1884), are decidedly referable to practincola proper, and 

 not to S. gnatemake {Strix iJammea var. guatemalce, Hist. N. Am. B., iii, 

 1874, p. 11). The male is pure white beneath, with a few blackish 

 specks — mostly of rhomboid shape — along the sides; the female also 

 white beneath, but much tinged with buff on breast and abdomen, 

 which are rather thickly marked with rhomboid, deltoid, cuneate, and 

 sagittate specks of dusky, the sides more ochraceous. The upper parts 

 are colored quite as in average specimens of the northern bird. They 

 measure as follows: 



E. E.] 



179. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). 



Strix aecipiirina, Pall., Eeise Russ. Reichs., I, 1771, p. 455. 

 Asio accipitrinus, Newt., ed. Yarr., Brit. B., I, 1872, p. 1G3. 



Vidg. — Lechuza de llano. 



Hah. — State of Puebla. Chapulco, No. 222 <? , November; Llano de 

 S. Baltazar, No. 222« 9 , July. 



180. Syrniuna virgatum Cassiu. 



Syinium virgatum, Cassin, Proc. Ac. Phil., IV, 1848, p. 124. 

 Vulg. — Mochuelo. 

 Hab. — State of Vera Cruz. Jalapa, No. 331 S . 



181. Ciccaba nigrolineata Sclater. 



Ciccaba nigrolineata, Sclater, Trans. Zool. Soc, IV, p. 268, pi. 63, (1859). 

 Vulg. — Lechuza hitada de cara negra. 

 Eah. — State of Vera Cruz. Jalapa, No. 301 $ . 



182. Glaucidium phalaenoides (Daud.). 



Strix 2>ftalcen aides, Daud., Trait6, II, 1800, p. 206. 



Glaucidium phulanoides, Sclater & Salviu, Nomenc. Av. Neotr., 1873, p. 117. 



Vulg. — Tecolotillo or Tecolotito amarillo, rufous phase. 



Hah. — State of Pueblo. S. Miguel Espejo, No. 261 $ , February; 

 Chietla, No. 260 <?, 260a 9 , December; San Jose Acateno, No. 491 <?, 

 July; (?) No. 432, 433. State of Vera Cruz. Plan del Eio, No. 394 9 , 

 August. 



[Three fine adults, all different in plumage, as follows: 



No. 261, <? ad., San Miguel Espejo, Puebla, February, 1885: Eufous 

 brown, inclining to russet, the sides more decidedly rufescent; legs like 

 sides, but paler, especially on inner side. Tail dull brown, crossed by 

 eight* bars of brownish white, tinged with rusty. Pileum without 



* A ninth, terminal, bar is worn oil", except partially on a single feather; the two 

 anterior bars are mostly concealed by the upjier coverts. 



