BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 755 



third and fourth," the tenth (apparent outermost) shorter than first; 

 five outer primaries emarginated or sinuated on inner web. Tail 

 about half as long as wmg or a little more, slightly rounded. Feet 

 very strong; tarsus about as long as middle toe without claw, densely 

 feathered, as are also the toes, except terminal phalanges. 



Coloration. — Mostly uniform dark sooty brown or brownish black, 

 relieved by a white supraloral stripe and gular band, the under parts 

 posterior to chest buff (with or without bro%\Ti or blackish bars). 



Range. — Tropical America, except West Indies and Galapagos 

 Islands . (Two species ?) ^ 



« Seventh and eighth from outside. 



& I have not seen Noctua melanota Tschudi, which seems to be related to the type- 

 epecies of Pulsatrix and by some authors is placed in that genus. According to Sharpe 

 (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 247, 280), it has the toes mostly naked. 



The latest revision of this group is that by Count von Berlepsch, who recognizes the 

 following forms (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xii, 1901, 4-6): 



(1) P. perspidllata [=P. p. perspicillata-\-P. p. saturata], from Mexico to eastern 

 Ecuador and north side of Amazon River. 



(2) P. pulsatrix, from southern Brazil. 



(3) P. melanonota, from Peru and Ecuador. 



(4) P. sharpei, from eastern Brazil. 



The principal synonymy of the extralimital forms (which I have no means of verify- 

 ing, sufficient material being wanting) is as follows: 



(2) Pulsatrix pulsatrix pulsatrix (Maximilian). 



Strix pulsatrix Maximilian, Reis. Bras., i, 1820, 366, footnote (Rio Grande do Bel- 

 monte, b. Brazil; type now in coll. Am. Mus. N. H.; see Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 ii, 1889, 265); oct. ed., i, 1820, 362; oct. ed., ii, 1821, IS2.— S[trix] pulsatrix llaxunilian, 

 Beitr. Naturg. Bras., iii, pt. i, 1830, 268 (Rio Mucurf, Rio Belmonte, and Ilha do 

 Chave, Brazil). — Ulula pulsatrix Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, ii, no. 12 (Striges), 1863, 

 17, footnote — [Syrnium] pulsatrix Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 50, no. 537. — Symium 

 pulsatrix Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1873, 282 (Santa Catarina, b. Brazil; synonj^my; 

 geog. range; crit.). — Pulsatrix pulsatrix Berlepsch, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xii, no. 

 Ixxxi, Oct. 30, 1901, 4^ 5 (Santa Catarina, etc.; crit.). 



(3) Pulsatrix pulsatrix melanota (Tschudi). 



N[octim\ melanota Tschudi, Wiegmann's Archiv fur Naturg., x, pt. i, 1844, 266 

 (Peru). — Noctua melanonota Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, Om., 1845-46, 114, pi. 4. — 

 [Syrniuml melanonotum Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 50, no. 536. — [Ciccaha'] melanonota 

 Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 117. — P[ulsatrix'] melanonota Berlepsch, 

 Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xii, no. Ixxxi, Oct. 30, 1901, 6, in text (crit.).— PuZsaina; 

 melanonota Berlepsch and Stolzmann, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902, 41 (crit.). — 

 (?) Pulsatrix fasciativentris Salvadori and Festa, Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xv, 

 no. 368, Feb. 19, 1900, 22 (Valle del Zamora, Ecuador; coll. Turin Mus.). 



(4) Pulsatrix pulsatrix sharpei (Berlepsch). 



Athene melanonota (not Noctua melanota Tschudi) Pelzeln, Om. Bras., 1, 1868, 9. — 

 Syrnium melanonotum Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 280.— Ciccaba melan- 

 onota Taczanowski, Orn. du P^rou, i, 1884, 184.— Pulsatrix sharpei Berlepsch, Bull. 

 Brit. Orn. Club, xii, no. Ixxxi, Oct. 30, 1901, 6 (Province of Espiritu Santo, e. Brazil; 

 coll. Count von Berleipach).— Syrnium koenigswaldianum Bertoni, Aves Nuevas del 

 Paraguay, 1901, 175. 



