604 BULLETIN" 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



[Strixflammea var. americana] e.furcata Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 299 (syn- 

 onymy). 

 Strix pratincola furcata Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1890, 125 (Cuba). — 



Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 10, 100 (Cuba; Isle of Pines; Cayman 



Brae; Jamaica); Auk, ix, 1892, 272 (Cuba). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. 



N. H., iv, 1892, 296 (near Trinidad, s. Cuba). — Bangs and Zappey, Am. Nat., 



xxxix, 1905, 202 (Isle of Pines). 

 Aluco fiammea furcata Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xiv, no. cviii, June 25, 



1904, 89. 

 [Strix] fiammea fuscata Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885 (and revised ed., 1886), 21 



(Cuba; Jamaica). 

 T[yto] alba furcata Hartert, Vog. Palaarkt. Fauna, heft, viii (bd. ii, 2), Aug., 



1913, 1039. 

 Strix cubx Brehm (C. L.), Handb. Natur. Vog. Deutschlands, 1831, 104 (Cuba). 

 Strix pratincola (not of Bonaparte) Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 23. — Sclater, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, 79 (Jamaica; crit.); Rev. List Birds Jamaica, 



1910, 12. — Albrecht, Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 204 (Jamaica). — March, Proc. 



Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 153 (Jamaica). 

 {1)Strix fiammea pratincola Menegaux, Rev. Frany. d'Orn., no. 2, 1909, 23 (Figua- 



bas, e. Cuba). 

 Nyctea nivea (not Strix nivea Thunberg) Gundlach, Joiu-n. fiir Orn., 1855, 466 



(Cuba; crit.; see Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 403). 

 [Strix] perlata (not of Lichtenstein) Gray, Hand-list, i, 1809, 52, no. 572, part. 

 [Strix] fiammea (not of Linnaeus) Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 116, 



part. 



TYTO PERLATA LUCAYANA Riley. 



BAHAMA BARN OWL. 



Similar to T. 'p. furcata but remiges and tail darker (not dist_nctly 

 different in coloration from rest of upper parts), and upper parts 

 with relatively more of ochraceous-buff and less of mottled grayish; 

 similar also to T.f. pratincola, but with relatively more of ochraceous- 

 buff on upper parts than in the average of that form, white specks 

 on upper parts less distinct, dusky spots on inner webs of outermost 

 primaries smaller (sometimes obsolescent), and feet larger. 



Adult male.— Length (skms), 355-373 (364); wing, 324-329 

 (326.5); tail, 132.5-135 (132.7); culmen (from cere), 22; tarsus, 

 74-75 (74.5); middle toe, 37-40 (38.5) .« 



Adult female.— Length (skin), 350;^ wing, 352-356 (354) ;« tail, 

 139-149 (144) ;« culmen (from cere), 22-24.5 (23.2) ;« tarsus, 74.5;* 

 middle toe, 39.5.'' 



Bahama Islands (New Providence; Inagua?;'^ Abaco?;'' Andros?).'' 



Strix fiammea var.? Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1867, 65 (Inagua and 



New Providence islands, Bahamas). 

 Strixflammea var. pratincola (not Strix pratincola Bonaparte) Cory, Birds Bahama 



Is., 1880, 125 (New Providence Island).— Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, 516 (New 



Providence). 

 [Strix] fiammea pratincola Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21 (Bahamas). 



" Two specimens. 



b One specimen. 



c I have not been able to examine specimens from these islands. 



