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distinct and wide blackish shaft- streaks, and broken 

 ion by whitish bars; the retnaiuderof the lower parts 

 e transverse bars of blacMsh so broad that the mesial 

 ed nearly obsolete, 

 iufous phase of this variety, Mr. Sharpe remarks (/. c. 



ase of S. guatemalcc is quite different from anything 



rom South America, being entirely of a foxy rufous 



{ never darker than the back or showing any approach 



the back is generally rather narrowly streaked with 



head ; and there are in some examples slight indica- 



stated on p. 94, however, the Brazilian bird does 



his bright '• foxy rufous" phase. 



le bright rufous phase from Jalapa (S. E. Mexico; 



& Godman) differs from the two Guatemala speci- 



i in the paler rufous of the pileum (where the usual 



a almost entirely absent), the paler rufous of tlie 



^arser and more ragged markings of the lower 



rsi. In otber respects, however, it is identical. 



.pecimen of S. cassini, from the same locality, 



much more conspicuous. The latter is more like the 



lase of S. harbarus, being distinctly variegated above 



with paler spotting and numerous blackish shaft-streaks, and the pictut^w 

 of the lower parts more distinct. 



e. cassini. 



" Scops atricapillus (Natt.) Steph.", Eidgw., in B. B. & E. Hist. N. Am. B. Ill, 1874, 48 



(foot-note). 

 Scops brasilianus, ^. cassini, Eidgw., MS. 



Habitat — Eastern Mexico (Mirador ; Jalapa). 



Diagnosis.— Wing, 5.80-G.lO; tail, 3.20-3.50; cnlmen, .45-.50 ; tar- 

 sus, 1.20; middle toe, .80. 



Gray phase ; adult. — Above grayish-brown, finely mottled with lighter 

 and darker shades, the general dusky brownisb hue interrupted by two 

 conspicuous lighter bauds, one across the mi^e, and the other across 



