BUBON/D.^.. 33 



tail 8.80-10.50, tar.sus 2.85-3.25, middle toe i. 20-1. 55. Hah. Whole of North America, 



southward; accidental in Hawaiian Island.s. (No specimens in the Museum.) 



58. C. hudson'ius (Lixx). Marsh Hawk. 



Gents BUTBO Cvvier. 



Upper parts, back, head and upper tail coverts blackish lirown ; secondaries and 

 wing coverts like the back; all with paler margins, and with some tawny rusty; throat 

 white; sides of breast brown mottled with white; black shafts to all the dark feathers; 

 abdomen, tibia and under tail coverts white with faint brownish markings; quills 

 blackish above; from the notch to the base of inner web white with faint brownish bands 

 varying in size and extent ; tail, general color brownish with bands of smoky brown and 

 dull ash-grey. Fcvialc: Larger and similar (one specimen shows indistinct bands of 

 brownish and tawny on the wing coverts and back ) . ] 'oiDig: Darker above, more rnsty 

 edgings to the feathers of the sides and back of the neck ; throat with narrow shaft 

 stripes; breast and under parts with more brown than white; thighs brown with rusty; 

 under tail coverts whitish with cross bars of brown slightly edged with ochraceous 

 rusty. Length about 15.50. Measurements taken from three specimens: Wing 9.50, 

 10.60, 11.75; tail 5.50, 5.60, 6.40; tarsus 2.60, 2.30, 2.60; culmen i.io, 1.25, 1.30; toe 

 1.90, 1.75, 2.10. (The last set of measurements are from the female.) Hab. Hawaii. 

 PI. XX\I., 5521. 59. B. solita'rius'^ Pkalk. Hawaiian Hawk, Id. 



Familv BUBONI'D^.— Owls. 



(JCIIltS. 



Charaiflers as given for the family (Page 33. ) Asio. 



Gems A'SIO ISkisson. 



Light bands on cjuills less than ten in number; under surface of cpiills barred 

 across with brown ; tips entirely brown ; face more or less fulvescent with brownish 

 black ; ear tufts short ; ground color varying in individuals from tawn}- ochraceous to 

 buffy white relieved by dark brown stripes; wings mottled with dnsky and ochraceous; 

 tail ochraceous and bnff}' ; outer feathers lighter. YoiDig: Above dark sepia brown, the 

 feathers broadly tipped with buff; face uniform brownish black; lower parts wholl\- 

 plain dull buffy tinged with smoky greyish anteriorh-. Hah. Hawaiian Islands. The 

 following measurements seem to justify the separation sub-specificall}- of the Hawaiian 

 form from the larger North American bird : 



Sex. Lctigth. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Toe. Culiueii. 



11-15 5-40 I -33 I -60 I.IO 



11.80 5.50 1.35 1. 58 1. 1 2 



1 1 -20 5.55 1.38 1.55 1.08 



11-50 5-45 1-36 1.55 i-i" 



PI. XXVI., 9835. 60. A. accipitri'nus sandvicen'sis'MBi.ox. ). Hawaiian Owl, Pueo. 



34 There are some uucertain references to "^ Pandion solitaiim" which are with diflficuU\" leconciled with the habits of the species given 

 above. A fish-hawk {Pandiov) may yet be taken in the group. 



35 To correspond with the form usually adopted iand7i'u/if)is/s is changed to iartdz-ui-uns. 



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