BIBDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 615 



[StnxlJlamviea nigrescens Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21, part (St. Vincent). 

 Strix flammea nigrescens Cory, Aiik, iii, 1886, 464, part (St. Vincent); Birds 



West Ind., 1889, 187, part (St. Vincent). 

 Strix nigrescens Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 10, 100, part (St. Vincent; 



Grenada).— Clark (A. H.), Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xxxii, 1905, 272 (St. 



Vincent, Bequia, Union I., Carriacou, and Grenada, Lesser Antilles; habits; 



descr. nest and eggs). 

 Aluco flammea nigrescens Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xiv, June 25, 1904, 



89, 90 (St. Vincent). 

 Eyhris nigrescens noctividus Barbour, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, Feb. 24, 



1911, 57 (St. Georges, Grenada; coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.). 

 (?) Strix flammea (not of Linnaeus) Feilden, Ibis, 1889, 488 (Barbados). 



TYTO INSULARIS NIGRESCENS (Lawrence). 



DOMINICA BARN OWL. 



Similar to T. i. insularis, but upper parts usually wath white dots 

 obsolete or very minute, never so well developed, the general surface 

 more uniformly dusky on account of more minute vermiculations ; 

 under parts less heavily spotted, the spots, as a rule, less numerous. 



Adult male.— -Length (skins), 285-333 (309); wing, 230.5-235 

 (232.7); tail, 103.5-104 (103.7); culmen, from cere (19.5); tarsus, 

 50; middle toe, 29-30.5 (29.7).^^ 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 300-335 (317.5); wmg, 240-247 

 (243 5); tail, 110.5-113.5 (112); cubnen, from cere, 18.5-20 (19.2); 

 tarsus, 52-53 (52.5); muddle toe, 29.5-31 (30.2).« 



Island of Dominica (Roseau), Lesser Antilles; island of Santa 



Lucia ? 



Strix flammea var. nigrescens Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, July 30 1878 

 64 (Dominica, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); i, 1879, 487, part 

 (Dominica); iii, 1880, 257 (Dominica; habits). _ 



\Strix-\ flammea nigrescens Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21, part (Domimca). 



Strix flammea nigrescens Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 464, part (Dominica; synonymy; 

 reprint of original descr.); Birds West Ind., 1889, 187, part (Dominica).- 

 Verrill (G. E.), Trans. Conn. Ac. Sci., viii, 1892, 326 (Domimca). _ 



^trix nigrescens Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 10, 100, part (Domimca).- 

 GuRNEY, Cat. Birds of Prey, 1894, 43, part (Dominica). 



[5tn.Tlwy.scensSHARPE, Hand-list, i, 1899, 301 (Dominica)^ 



Aluco nigrescens Barbour, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, Feb. 24, 1911, 57, in 

 text (Dominica). „„ 



T[yto] a[lba] nigrescens Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxxi, Jan. 2o, 1933, 38, 



in text (Dominica). ... .. ^. 



Tlyto] alba nigrescens Hartert, Vog. Palaarkt. Fauna, hett viu (bd. u, -), 



1913, 1040. 



a Two specimens, from Dominica. Two specimens, of unknown ^^^^^^^^^^^^l^y 

 supposed o have been obtained on Santa Lucia, measure as follows: ^^^S^ 231-.40 

 (23^5); tail, 9^103.5 (101.7); culmen, from cere, ^^-S- ^ 8-2); t-^;.^l^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 52.5) middle toe, 29.5-30 (29.7). Owing to the ---^-"/^^^/^Jf^f^^^^^^^^^ 

 ndividual variation in this supposed form, it is impossible to tell -^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 

 larger number of specimens, whether examples from Domimca and Santa Lucia are 

 different from one another or not. 



