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Speotyto rostrata C.H. Townsend 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 13: 133, September 9, 1890. 

 =Speotyto cunicularia rostrata C. H. Townsend. See Peters, Checklist 



of birds of the world 4: 151, 1940. 

 117531. Adult male. Clarion Island, Revilla Gigedo Islands, eastern 

 Pacific Ocean off Mexico. March 4, 1889. Collected by Charles H. 

 Townsend. Received from the U.S. Fish Commission. 

 Speolylo amaura Lawrence 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1 : 234, December 23, 1878. 

 ^=Speotyto cunicularia amaura Lawrence. See Peters, Checklist of birds 

 of the world 4: 151, 1940. 



74493. Adult female. "A cliff in the Chalk-hills," Antigua Island, Lee- 

 ward Islands, Caribbean Sea. September 1, 1877. Collected by 

 natives for Frederick A. Ober. Original number 342. 



74494. Adult male. "A cliff in the Chalk-hills," Antigua Island, Lee- 

 ward Islands, Caribbean Sea. September 1, 1877. Collected by 

 natives for Frederick A. Ober. Original number 339. 



Each of these specimens bears on its label in Lawrence's hand the word 

 "Type." 



The third cotype. No. 74495, a female of the same place and date, cannot 

 now be foimd in the collection. 

 Speotyto brachyptera Richmond 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18:663, August 12, 1896. 

 =Speotyto cunicularia brachyptera Richmond. See Peters, Checklist of 



birds of the world 4: 152, 1940. 

 151660. Adult male. The level land to the east of Porlamar, Margarita 

 Island, Caribbean Sea off Venezuela. June 30, 1895. Collected by 

 Wirt Robinson. Original number 365. 

 Athene patagonica Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 78, "pi. xxn, fig. 2," 

 1848. 

 =Speotyto cunicularia cunicularia (Molina). See Cassin, U.S. Explor- 

 ing Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 109-110, 1858; Bowdler Sharpe, 

 Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 2 : 142-143, 1875 ; Cory, 

 Catalogue of birds of the Americas 2(1): 39, 1918. 

 22296 (=13903 reentered). Adult (sex not indicated). "Rio Negro, 

 Patagonia"=Neighborhood of Carmen de Patagonas, opposite Viedma, 

 Territory of the Rio Negro, Argentina (see Wilkes, Narrative of the 

 U.S. Exploring Expedition 1 : 99, 1845, where it is stated that "during 

 the time of our stay [at El Carmen], the naturalists ranged the country 

 in the vicinity . . ."). Late in January or early in February 1839. 

 Original number 41. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 



